NEWS OF THE DAY

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2386, 25 November 1881, Page 3

NEWS OF THE DAY

Kohler's Waxworks —An ndvertiaeme J* elsewhere announces that Button’s band will give selections of mnaie at the Oddfellows’ Hall to-night and to-morrow night during the exhibition of Kohler’s Waxworks, and that up to six o’clock to-morrow evening the admission fee for school children and families will be 3d. Intercolonial Weather Exchange.— Sydney, Thursday The depression reported yesterday has now passed over Tasmania, S.W. winds with rain prevailing on the S.W. coast of Australia ; on the New South Wales coast a hot wind is blowing from N.W. Barometer —Portland, 29 9 ; Hobart, 29.4 ; Sydney. 29.5. Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund. The annual meeting of members of the widows’ and orphan fund was held last evening at the Foresters’ Hall. Several members wore present, P.D.C.P. Bro. Ness, president, in the chair. The annual balance sheet was presented, showing the worth of the fund to be .£1197 6s which was highly satisfactory. The election of officers resulted in Bro. R Evans as president. Bro. H. W. Newman as vice-president, Bro. J. Hudson treasurer, Bro. H. Crooks as hon. secretary. A vjte of thanks was given to the retiring officers, and the name of Bro. Ness was ordered to be placed on the Respect Board The meeting then closed. Ma Rolleston at the Frost.—The following instance of Mr Bolleston’s imperturbability of character is well worth being placed on record : —Wo may recall to the minds of our readers that Mr Bryoa and Mr Eolleston entered Parihata at the head of the Constabulary on the eventful day on which Te Whiti, Tohu, and Bi-oki were arrested, at the risk of being made targets of by the Natives. This certainly shows that the two Ministers were possessed of no ordinary amount of courage. When the word was passed to tho Volunteers that there was no chance of any fighting that day, Captain Hameraley walked along tho lino towards Parihaka to meat Mr Bryos and Rolleston, hoping to gain some information from them as to what had occurred in tho marae. Ho met them right enough, but he was quite token aback when Mr Bolloston, instead of alluding to the affairs of the morning, asked him—“ How is xny grass looking at Temuka?” Captain Hamersley’s reply to tho question is not to hand.—“ Timaru Herald.”

17.A.0.D. —Tho Anchor Lodge, Woolston, held its usual fortnightly meeting on Wednesday last, in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Woolston, A.D. Bro. Davis in the chair. There was a numerous attendance of visitors from tho St. Albans, Pioneer, and Mistletoe Lodges, including tho worthy District Presidents, Bros. Samuels and Welstead, who expressed themselves highly pleased with the general effi ciercy of the business and tho manner in which the lodge was conducted. After the business of tho evening was concluded the lodge was closed with tho usual formalities. The visitors, on the invitation of the officers of the lodge, then adjourned to refreshment, provided by Host Piper, ample justice being done to tho spread. Tho toasts of “The Lodge,” "The Visitors,” "Tho District Presidents,” were drank with enthusiasm, and the meeting separated, after having thoroughly enjoyed their evening’s entertainment. Accident at Ohoka. —On Monday evening, a son of Mr R. M. Wright, the Road Board surveyor, mot with a serious accident. The boy was holding on to a calf’s rope, when the animal pulled him over breaking his leg between tho knee and tho thigh. Dr. Ovendon sot tho fracture, and tho sufferer is doing as well as can bo expected. In the Early Days.—Tho Waikaia correspondent of the “ Otago Daily Times ” writes :—“ Wo are to have a now lock-up, and that reminds me of another tale of the days that are gone. In those antediluvian times the camp was really a camp—tho gaol being a six-by-oight tent. On one occasion a more than usually obstreperous ‘ drunk ’ was run in, and hand-cuffed by one hand to tho pole of the tent. Ho slept the sleep that follows unlimited whisky, and awoke with the quenchless thirst that is an equal consequence of the indulgence. No charitable soul hove in sight, and at last, in desperation, he shouldered tho look-up and marched to the nearest pnb, bearing the gaol upon his back ! He was duly administered to, and returned to durance with his load.” Hillside Workshops.—The total cost of tho Hillside Railway Workshops, Dunedin, was about £40,000, and of that amount £19,000 has been expended during the past twelve months. Mayoral Election.—Mr J. Qapea will address tho electors at tho Academy of Music this evening at eight o’clock.

Cbusadee Tent, I.O.E—The quarterly meeting of the Ciueader Tent, No. 42, 1.0. R , A.D., was held in the lower room of tho Oddfellows’ Hall, Lyttelton, on Tuesday evening, the 22nd iaat., Bro. E. Derbidge, C.R., presiding, a good attendance of members being secured. The C. Ruler initiated one candidate, ond then considered a report from tho relatives of a late member, whoso death had occurred through an accident recently at the Blneskin. It was resolved, after on expression of sympathy by the members generally, to forward forthwith tho £35 funeral donation. According to notice of motion, the advisability of increasing the contributions from XOd to Is per week, to meet tho expense cf providirg medical attendance for the members, their wives, and families, was discussed at some length, and eventually the motion was almost unanimously adopted. The CR. then proceeded with tho election and installation of tho following members as officers for tho ensuing term : Bro. E. A. Early, C R.; Bro. ,T. Bennington, D.B. ; Bro. K. Thickins, secretary (re elected); Bro. A. R. Webb, treasurer (re-elected); Bro. J. E. Smith, steward (re-elected); Bro. J. H. Wear, Levite; Bro. H. Ryder, guard. Supporters to the C. and D. rulers to bo chosen at the following tent meeting After some further business tho O.R. closed tho tont in due form.

Kaiapoi School Committee. —A special meeting was hold on Wednesday evening. Present Messrs Parnham, Coup, Pashby, Moore, Porter, and Fraser. A letter was read from the Board of Education, stating that Miss E. Johnson might bo appointed as assistant mistress if the Eangiora committee agreed to accept her resignation. It was decided to take steps in the matter. Complaints wore made of the delay to letters which had once or twice occurred between tho Board and tho cemmittee, which was ordered to be seen to. Arrangements wore made for an entertainment in aid of the prize fund, to be held on December 14th, and the distribution of prizes on tho 15th. A programme for the concert was drafted, and the chairman was instructed to arrange for tho purchase of tho prizes. A lengthy discussion took place on the way in which the prizes should bo awarded. Tho committee reported that the inspector’s report would not bo available in time, and after propositions to award the prizes on the same basis as last year, namely, counting all attendances and to appoint three examiners, it was decided, on Mr Coup’s motion—“ That the prizes be awarded on tho highest daily averages made by the scholars.” The committee then decided to meet to select the recitations to be given at the entertainment by the scholars, and adjourned. A Tbmpbbanoe Show.—Of all the exhibitions qyer held, the International Temperance Exhibition, opened the other day in the Agricultural Hall, London, is probably the most curious. The drat thing that strikes the visitor is the vast variety of drinks within tho reach of tho teetotaler. Scientific enterprise has of late considerably increased the number of non-intoxicating beverages. Ginger beer, soda water, lemonade, and eeltzar have now innumerable rival and companion drinks. Apollinaris, Frosbach, Wilhoim’s Quelle, Gsrolstein, and Godesberg, as table waters, together with Zoedone, the life giver; Hedozone, the agreeable ; lime juice cordial, Hopetta and Ben Trovato are a few of the names of the

liquid wares claiming attention. Then there is the oup that cheers but not inebriates. Tea o£ every sort and in every form ; coffee from Mocha, Oeylon, Queensland and Jamaica, occoa and cocoatine, chocolate and chocolatine are paraded before the visitor. Syrups, of all sorts too, tempt the eye. And in addition to the drinks, almost as innumerable as the variety of existing wines, are the apparatus and appurtenances —racks and vats, corks and corkscrews, tinfoil and goldfoil, fountains and ice chests—which are among the exhibits. Altogether there appears to have been collected everything connected with the production, disposal and consumption of son* intoxicating drinks. A Sharp Rebuke. The Wanganui

" Herald,” Mr Ballanoe’s paper, thus delivers its sentiments on Sir George Grey’s late speech at Auckland:—“Wo have always freely recognised Sir George Grey as a tribune of the people, intractable and impracticable, it is true, but whose principles were colonial, and whoso sentiments were broad and liberal. But there runs throughout his recent utterance the very opposite of what might be expected from a colonial statesman. Bis appeal to the local selfishness of his audience, and the reference to the incarceration of the Natives is the meanest pronouncement ever made by a public man. We have no hesitation in saying that his statement about being ‘hampered by his colleagues’ is a falsehood. Ho knows he was cordially supported by his colleagues in every act of public policy. Mr Maoandrew and Mr Fisher never thwarted him surely. Mr Sheehan seconded loyally, and even without criticism, whatever was x romulgated. Colonel Whitmore might criticise, but he acquiesced in the decision of the majority. And does Sir George Grey mean to say that Mr Stout and Mr Ballanco wore not always as ready to advance, as eager to lay down the broad lines of a liberal policy, as he was himself ? What a contemptible meanness it is to turn upon his colleagues without giving one fact to justify him, and without, we venture to ofilrm, one fact to give. We do not wonder at the position Sir George Grey finds himself in. He has hardly a follower at this moment in the colony certain to bo returned in the present election. Ho has bid high for the Auckland vote ; but men in the mass are not governed by the lowest instincts, and his appeal will not produce anything like its old response.”

Mb Sheehan on the Parihaka Affair. —On tho arrival of the Thames contingent at Anckland they were entertained at the Park Hotel. Mr Sheehan, who was present, proposed the toast of “ Success to the Thames Contingent,” coupled with the name of Oapt. Wildman, the senior officer commanding. He said ho did so because he felt ho could claim to bo a Thames man. He had been on the West Coast recently, and the people there spoke in the highest terms of the conduct and discipline of the Thames men. As to the Native difficulty and recent events at Parihaka ho desired to say that be cordially endorsed the policy of tho Government, which led up to the expedition to Parihaka, and entirely approved of the steps taken by Mr Bryce throughout the whole affair. They could bavo no peace on the West Coast till that settlement was broken up, and Mr Bryce was dong that work in a resolute, humane, and effective way. From his knowledge of Native affairs in Waikato, Napier, and on the West Coast, he was satisfied they had now seen the end of tho Native difficulty. The Natives in the two first-named districts were utterly indifferent to Te Whiti’s schemes and plans. In his journey overland from Napier to Wellington he (Mr Sheehan) had met Kemp, tho famous Wanganui chief. He accosted Kemp, and said : “ I see in the papers you are going to Te Whiti with 500 men.” The reply of Kemp was : “It is true the 500 men are there, and may go to Te Whiti—that is if Mr Bryce and Colonel Roberts desire their services.” That was a reply worthy of the chief. When the West Coast Natives found Te Whiti’s prophecies were falsified, and he himself dealt with as on ordinary criminal in the usual way, they would come to the conclusion that he was an unmitigated fraud, and lose all confidence in him. A Powerful Light.—Some interesting experiments were made in public recently at the well-known glass works of Messrs Chance Brothers and Company, Smethwick, near Birmingham, with a now lamp, which they have just constructed to crown the summit of the South Head L ; ghthouse, Macquare Harbor, Sydney, Now South Wales. It is called a first order, dioptric, revolving light, with the electrical arc. The lamp has a special arrangement of prisms for securing vertical divergence of the beam. It is over 6ft in diameter, and the height is about Oft, and it is said to be the first time such dimensions have been applied to illumination by the electric arc. The lamp or regulator has a power of about 12,000 candles in tho focus of light, and the merging beam hag a luminous intensity exceeding 12,000,000 candles. The light will give flashes around half tho horizon at intervals of a minute, and will make a complete revolution every sixteen minutes. On an average the light will be visible a distance of forty or fifty miles. The lamp was designed for Messrs Chance by Dr. Hopkinson, F.RS,, and is constructed for tho Government of Now South Wales. Its makers claim that it will be the largest and most powerful light in the work. The experiments were thoroughly successful, the light being so intense that it could hardly be endured with the naked eye.—“ Times.” Lbithfield Annual Sports. —A meeting was held at the City Hotel, on Saturday, November 19th, in connection with tho above sports, Mr J, Oliver in the chair. Mr J. S. Woodhouso was elected president, and a committee of over thirty members was appointed. Owing to the absence of the secretary, the balance-sheet for last year was not handed in. It was resolved that the working committee be elected at the next meeting.

Tub DmriDS.—The usual fortnightly meeting of the Perseverance .Lodge of Druido was held in the lodge room, St. Mary’s schoolroom, Addington, on Tuesday ; A.D. Bro. Peck presiding. There was a good attendance of members ond visiting brethren. During the meeting it was announced that a tea meeting and concert would be held to celebrate the anniversary of the lodge. Piiillipstown Lodge of Oddfellows. —

A special meeting of tho Phillipstown Lodge was held on Tuesday, to consider the advisability of procuring a site for the erection of a hail in Phillipstown. Several sections were submitted for the lodge’s approval, and, after a lengthy discussion, it was resolved to finally decide the choice at a summoned meeting. The necessity for a public hall in this district has long been recognised, ond the Oddfellows, in securing for themselves more suitable accommodation, would bo providing for a public want. A.0.F., Ootrur Peide of Richmond.— An entertainment consisting of a lecture and concert was given in tho schoolroom, Bingsland, on Wednesday evening, in aid of the funds of the branch Court of tho Foresters’ Society, which has lately been established in that district There was a very good attendance. Mr George Swann took the chaw. Tho lecture, which was delivered by Dr. Russel, was entitled “ Friendly Societies,” and the dootor very ably pointed out to those present tho many advantages to bo derived by persons becoming members of such societies. He further advocated the establishment of saving banks in connection therewith. The lecture, although the title was a very dry one, proved to bo very interesting, as shown by the applauso accorded to tho lecturer several times. Tho concert consisted of several songs, both sentimental and comic, which were rendered in a very creditable manner, and altogether the entertainment proved a success. A Good Patino. —Wo (“ Morning Herald ”) understand that by using hematite paint for the railway carriages the department now dispense with varnish, and thereby save nearly £4OOO a year. The White Fbatheb. —The members of the Marton “Volunteer Company who abstained from going to the front have been pretty sharply taken to task in the correspondence column of the “Advocate,” for their supposed want of pluck. In order to show how they appreciated the strictures passed upon them, several of the Volunteers appeared on parade a few evenings azo with white feathers stuck in their hats. In commenting upon the circumstances the “Advocate” says: “ There is no accounting for taste. The conduct complained of by our correspondent may have been merely e. larrikin freak, but it is a ne w thing to see British soldiers, whether volunteers or regulars, assuming tho white feather as a badge. Probably Major Noake will have something to say about this ourious predilection for white-feather distinction on the part of tho individuals complained of.”