NEWS OF THE DAY

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2331, 22 September 1881, Page 3

NEWS OF THE DAY

Resident Magistrate’s Ooubt. —This morning, before Messrs J. Ollivier and J. E Parker, J.P.’s, a man for being drunk, his first offence, was fined 5s and Is cab hire. A man named Edward Brick was charged with having stolen a sum of money from Thomas Brogdtn. The police stated that tho latter while in a state of intoxication was driven, accompanied by prisoner, in a oab to Sumner, and on the way tho cabman saw the prisoner take the money out of prosecutor’s pocket. A remand was granted for twenty four hours, to allow time for aubposnoing necessary witnesses.

Pboebssob Simon’s Lbctubbb.—Professor Simon delivered another of his popular lectures on phrenology at the Q-aiety Theatre last evening. In consequence of the patronage extended to them, he has determined to extend the course through the present week. Bx. Matthew’s, Caledonian Hoad. —The dedication festival of this church was held on Wednesday, September 21st, when about fifty persons attended at the early celebration of the Holy Communion at 6.45 am. There was full choral service in the evening, with sermon by the Her. Mr Pesooe, Avonside. Much credit is due to Mr Woodward, the organist, for his painstaking training of the choir, who were indebted to St. Mary’s, Merivale, and St. Michael's for the loan of surplices. The church was very nicely decorated with texts, banners, &3., groat taste being displayed in arrangement of pot plants, evergreens, and flowers. After evensong, about 250 of the congregation adjourned to the schoolroom for refreshments, when occasion was taken to express the high estimation in which the Rev. Mr Mortimer, curate,_ is held, and the gratitude felt for his untiring work in visiting the sick and needy of the district. The incumbent, thoßev. B A. Lingard, expressed regret at his inability to attend the services. Accident at Mount Hutt —A man named John Sullivan was admitted to the Hospital yesterday afternoon, with a badly bruised head and face and other injuries. It appears that Sullivan was, on Wednesday night, out looking for sheep on a station where he was working. The night was dark, ho missed hi* way, and fell over a precipice. Wesleyan Bazaar.—This bazaar, to which the term “ monster ’’ has been not inappropriately applied, was opened at noon to-day in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Lichfield stree'. The stalls, seven in number, ere arranged so as to take up both sides of the building, and also the front of the s’age. Lately the tendency of these exhibitions has boon to supply a class of useful and ornamental articles far above the old-fashioned bazaar idea, and this collection is no exception. Picture screens, mantle screens, fende- stools, &3., and a perfect wilderness of dressed dolls, meet the eye at every turn, besides a multitude of articles whbse name is legion, all awaiting the advent of purchasers, which wore very numorour. Judging from the scene as viewed on entrance, it would be impossible to place the many objects displayed to bettor effect. The bazaar continues open this afternoon and evening, and also to-mnrrow and Saturday. The Coming Election.—Our Kaiapoi correspondent sends the following:—Mr G. H. Lee, of Stoke Grange, is a candidate for the Kaiapol district. Mr Isaac Wilson will also be requested to come forward, and should he do so, his return is considered to be certain.

A.O.F.—The annual performance in aid of the Widow and Orphan Fund of the Ancient Order of Forester* will be given in the Theatre Royal on Monday evening next, on which occasion the favorite drama, “ Bound Apprentice to a Waterman,” will be given by the members of the Foresters’ Dramatic Society, assisted by Mrs Walter Hill, who has generously given her services. Mr Hamilton’s band will contribute musical selections, and during the evening an address will be given by a prominent member of the Order.

Debbliot. —Yesterday, as Mr Jonathan Bell, of Rangiora, was on the beach between Woodend and Kaiapoi ho found a boat partially stranded, with the words “ Enterprise, Wellington, J, Graham, Master ” With the assistance of his man he pulled it up on the beaoh above high water mark. The boat was empty. Arrest. —A man named Patrick James Kennedy was arrested about noon to-day, by virtue of a warrant issued in Melbourne, charged with embezzling the sum of £l4 16s, the property of his employers, Messrs Robert Harper and Go,, Flinders street, in that city. He will be brought up at the R.M. Court in the morning. Intercolonial Wbathbk Exchange.— Sydney, Wednesday evening—Heavy rain from S.W. at Portland, and rongh sea south of Tasmania. Prevalent wind, S.W. ; fine at Sydney. Barometer—Albany, 30 9; Portland, 30.1; Hobart, 29 ; Sydney, 29.8. Theatrical —Mr Beaumont, who is well and favorably known here in connection with matters theatrical, has arrived from Dunedin to arrange the preliminary details for Miss Pomeroy’s seoson, which commences on Tuesday next, when “ Oymbeline” will be produced. A.O.F.—The usual meeting of Court Thistle of the Forest was held on Tuesday evening at St. Saviour’s schoolroom, Sydenham. The chair was taken by O.R. Bro. Gunn. The entertainment committee reported that the Oddfellows’ Hall, Waltham, had been engaged. One member was initiated. The late treasurer, Bro. Boyce, was presented with a sash and certificate. Several songs and a reading were given by the members of the Court.

Fire at Wbst Melton.— On Saturday evening a fire broke out very mysteriously in a stable on the farm of Mr Moore, West Melton. The roof being of straw soon communicated with the store and harness room, and in a very short space of time all his harness, tools, end a quantity of provisions had been destroyed. Mr Moore had been home from town for about two hours when the fire was discovered, and neither he nor any of the family had been near the building that afternoon. He estimates his loss at about £l5O, and was not insured.

Charitable Aid Board. —A meeting of this Board was held yesterday, at which, in addition to a quantity of other business, Dr, P. Doyle was appointed medical officer to the Charitable Aid Department, vice Dr. Deamer resigned. Electoral. —lt is rumored that Mr Innis, the well-known brewer, Gasworks road, Waltham, intends seeking the suffrages of the electors of Sydenham at the approaching election for the General Assembly.

Spobting.—The “ Otago Daily Times state* that at a recent sale in Sydney, Mr Wentworth gave £2200 for the racehorse Waxy, who is at present a great favorite for ths Melbourne Cup. Theatre Royal —“ Les Cloches de Oornevillo ” was repeated last night to an excellent house. The piece did not go to well as on the former occasion, some of the solos being out of tune. Mr Benham, no doubt with tho concurrence of the management, repeated the objectionable phrase to which reference was made yesterday, and the silly farce of introducing a quantity of unmeaning gage into the reading of the letter in the second act was gone through, protracting the performance most unnecessarily. To-night Miss Leaf will take her benefit, when “ Lea Cloches de Oornevillo ” will be played for the last time. On Friday night “ The Pirates of Penzance ” will be played, and on Saturday tho company take leave of their Christchurch friends.

Abtilleey Balt.— The evening party under the auspices of the B Battery of Artillery, which took place at the Drillshed last night, was a groat success. The shed was prettily decorated, and the blending of tho uniforms with the ladies’ dresses had a very nice effect. The catering was in the hands of Mr W. H. Messenger, of His Lordship’s Larder, and he disohargtd his onerous duties in a manner deserving tho greotoit credit. The music was under the superintendence of Mr Schwartz, and it is needless to say was first-class. Tho whole affair war a decided success from first to last.

Ohbistohuboh Steam Laundby.—Starting again under new and more favorable auspices the steam laundry is now doing excellent work, and will well repay a visit. The machinery, &c., has all been refitted, the ironing and drying rooms greatly improved, and generally the establishment is now ready to turn out from 100 to 150 dozen articles, washed, starched, and ironed, in tho ordinary working hours. Tho motive power is supplied by a 12-horse power engine, tho water used being thrown up into tanks on tho roof by a large size hydraulic ram. The water is conducted from the tanks all over the building, one service being devoted to a fire bore. Tne clothes, after being sorted, are placed in the washing machine, which may bo described as a huge covered-in wheel, with four compartments. These compartments are perforated with holes, 'through which steam is forced, and tho clothes thoroughly cleansed by the revolution of tho wheel. After this they are placed in the blueing tubs, and from thence they go into the wringer, which is a revolving receptacle driven at the rate of 600 revolutions per minute. This so completely takes out the water that half-an-hour in the open air dries the clothes fit for the remaining processes of starching and ironing. The drying room contains seventeen horses, and is heated by moans of the ironing stove up to 160 degrees. The ironing room is fitted with all the latest appliance?, and generally tho establishment is very complete. A Rough Joes—Tho vindictive spirit shown in some of the recent outrages assumes a ludicrous, though brutal form. The practice of compelling bailiffs to eat their processes has been exceeded in an instance whioh is reported from Moate. A farmer found one of his oattlo very ill a few days ago. A veterinary surgeon prescribed a copious dose of castor oil; but, unfortunately, the only vendor of the drug in the neighborhood had been “ Boycotted.’’ The farmer had no alternative but to lose his cow or enter the forbidden shop. He waited until nightfall, when he ventured into the shop and procured half a pint of the oil. He was not unobserved, however, and had not proceeded far on his way homo when he was met by some Land Leaguers, who asked him if ho did not know that Reilly’s shop has been “ Boycotted.” Ho pleaded dire necessity, but in vain. Tho bottle of oil was taken from him, his mouth held open, and the whole contents were poured down his throat—“ Home News.” A Knotty Point. —A gentleman named Paater handed the sum of 2000 francs (£80) to the French Minister of War at the commencement of the Tunisian campaign, stipulating that the gift was made for the benefit of the family of the first man who fell. The first engagement took place on tho 31st March, and Corporal Merle, of the 59th Regiment, fell. The doctor wont up to him and pronounced his wound mortal. While he was being carried to the rear a private named Rochelle was shot dead. The families of these two men have claimed the Sarter gift, and the Minister of War is on the horn of a dilemma. Merle died in the evening of tho 31st March j ho was certainly the first man hit, but Rochelle was shot dead on the spot. The claims of the respective parties are being examined, but unless some modern Solomon con come forward and give a verdict, the lawyers will have .to divide the £BO among them, and swallow up the premium with bills of cost.

Life saving Beacon, —A new life-saving beacon, the invention of Mr Sherwell, of Portsmouth, the maker of the Spit bell and other buoys in the Solent, has been submitted to Admiral Ward and Oaptain Prouoe, the Inspector-General of life-saving appliances, and has been highly approved by these officers. It is designed us a place of refuge for shipwrecked sailors and others in distress to swim to, and with this object it is intended to be be moored in a number of selected places around the coast. It may bo briefly described as a magnified harbor buoy. It consists of a flat bottomed vessel on which is erected an octagonal dome capable of accommodating a ship’s crew, the whole being surmounted by a bell which serves not only to indicate the position of the beacon, but. the presence of any dangerous shoal or rock, to which it may be attached. Access is trained to the structure by means of ladders fitted to the gunwale, and it is expected that many lives might be saved by landing shipwrecked crews upon the beacon when it would be impossible for a lifeboat to convey them ashore.

The Elixir of Life.—We learn from the “Toronto Herald” that a very remarkable old gentleman is just now adorning society in the cultured circles of Rochester, New York. Although he celebrated his seventieth birthday only a week or two sines, ho looks as if he were but in his fortieth year, and is so agile and halo that at the general call of the community he has been pe-suaded to convey the result of his daily regime to the public. According to Mr Lorenzo A. Pickles—for that is his picturesque name—salt is the elixir of life. On that he has passed nearly threequarters of a century, eating salt pork and salt fish ; drinking salted tea, and filling up his spare moments with a few spoonsful of salt. In one respect Mr Pickles shows the possession of great good sense ; he has never tasted a pie or a pudding. Possibly that is one of the reasons why at the age of threescore and ten he is able to defy the doctors and can look forward to many a year of further nourishment on salt. It is very fortunate that the septuagenarian has been persuaded thus to disclose the secret to his friends. All other elixirs of life being exhausted, we might well have begun to despair had it not been for this timely recognition of the properties and pleasures of the chloride of sodium.

Working Men’s Club. —A general meeting of the members of the above will bo hold at the club room, Gloucester street, this evening, to consider the question of the forthcoming elections.

Lecture.—The Rev. Mr Byng, of Dunedin, who has created quite a furore here by his eloquence, both in the pulpit and on the platform, will deliver a lecture on “ Matrimony ” at St. John’s schoolroom this evening, in aid of the choir and organ fund, Matosii, Election. —As will be seen by advertisement elsewhere, a numerously signed requisition has been presented to Mr J. G. Rnddenklan, asking him to consent to be nominated as Mayor for the ensuing year, and that he has consented.