THE GLOBE. MONDAY, JULY 17, 1882.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2582, 17 July 1882, Page 2

THE GLOBE. MONDAY, JULY 17, 1882.

1,0.0 F.,M.tT.—A special meeting of the • Loyal Phillipstown Lodge take* place tomorrow evening to receive the auditor’s report and balanoe-aheet. E.M. Court, Lyttelton. —A sailor named i Kelly *9> charged at this Court, this morn* ing, with being drunk and disorderly, relisting the police, and damaging Constable Allan’s uniform to the extent of 103, The offence was committed at midday on Sunday, and, being nn aggravated case, the Bench (Messrs F. Ronalds and J. W. Smith, J.P.’s), sent him to gaol for fourteen days, and ordered him to pay for the damage of the uniform. No Monopoest—4t (he Bssiient Magistrate's Court, the Bench said tbat as they were then advised, there was no obligation on the part of householders to purchase closet pans from the City Council. They believed that the by-law relating to those articles is - complied with when they are in all respects as . good for the purpose as those issued by the Council, no matter where they may have been manufactured. In the particular case under consideration, Mr Kirk, of Crompton and Kirk, deposed that the pans objected to were , actually mado after a pattern far which the City Council .bad paid a Urge premium. The Magistrates said an advertisement from the Council cautioning oitizers against using any but their pans, was not warranted by any, power conferred cn them by the before mentioned by-law. The case, finally, was adjourned for one week at the request of the Inspector of Nuisances, so that Mr Garrick might appear on behalf of tbs Council. i EMBEZZCSiIE'iT at Poet.—Charles Henry Elms, well known in the butchering business here, was arrested by Sergeant Morice . for embezz’ing 152 15s BJ, the money of his employers, Messrs Langdown and Judge. Other oasts are pending. He will be brought before the Resident Magistrate to morrow. Stranding or tes Falcon. —The preliminary enquiry into the stranding of the. ketch Falcon on the Kaiapoi bar on 26th Jure last was held at the Custom bouse, Lyttelton, this morning before A. Bose, Esq, s Collector of Customs. Evidence was given by Captain Leslie, master and owner, John Eyan. mate, and two seamen of the vessel, totho effect that the accident was caused by the wind failing while, crossing the bar, thus rendering the vessel unmansgsable. The evidence will be sect to the Marine Department*, : Wellington.

Ashbubtof, Poultry Show.—At a meeting of the Ashburton Poultry, Pigeon, and. Ouai ry Association, held on Friday nighty the secretary atated a large number of.entries, for the various clssaea in the show to be held, on Friday and Saturday next was being received, and that tho show promised to be a, m:st successful one. Go A 3 Yor Plbabb.—The two hours’ Go-as-you-pleass contest between Pentecost and Purohaso at the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday night attracted upwards of 100 persona. The latter man want gamely for about an houn and a half, when it was evident that be had pat on the pace too heavily to last out the time, and consequently Pentecost was the winner. Abhuubtoh YoBUKXBKBa.—An inapeclion parade of the Ashburton Volunteer* was held on Thursday night, when the members of the corps mustered in full force, and went through the various evolutions in a manner that drew from Sergeant Major Morgan, tho inspecting officer, expressions of approval snd satisfaction at the general efficiency of the corps. Headed by the band, the company then marched through the town, under the com*, maud of Lieutenant Douglas,

Masonic Bail —The outcome of the recent Masonic ball held in aid of the Destitute Patients’ Belief Fund, ie Tery satisfactory, the surplus to hand over to the fan! to.ft'ng up to over £BO. * Teb Exhibition. —There was a fairly good Attendance on Saturday at the Exhibition. In the evening " Maritana ” was again performed, and will be repeated to-night for the last tune, on which occasion Miss Amy Johns •will appear as Lazarillo, and Madame Money as Maritana. Local Option. —The local option polling . for the Oxford licensing district was held on Zfriday by Mr M. Lynskoy, presiding officer, at the Magistrate’s Court, when the total number of nine voted, there being, out of this number, a clear majority against the increase of licenses. One vote only was recorded in favor of increasing all the licenses. The numbers against were—Publicans’, New

Zealand wine and accommodation licenses, 8 ; battle licenses, 7. At the polling for the Mandeville district on Saturday, held in the Wood end schoolroom before the same gentleman, five exercised the privilege of voting ; one in favor of increasing all kinds oHioonses, three against publicans’ and bottle licenses, and four votes were recorded against New Zealand wine and accommodation licenses. The result will be that under the existing Act do new licensee can bo granted in either of these districts for three years. Bayuns’ Football Club. — A mooting of members of this club took place on Saturday night at the City Hotel. Present —Messrs Shackleton, O. Edgar, W. Edgar, Hawe, Montgomery, Hawkes, Hodge, Smith, Hall, Wagataff, and O. P. Stringer, secretary (in the chair). The chairman e:attd that in consequence of the resignation of the captain, Mr Q-. J. Parker, and of Messrs Hay and Paul, committeemen, it had become necessary to elect others .to fill their places, and the present meeting had been called for that purpose. The resignation was certainly a matter for regret, but, as they had explained, the gentlemen had found themselves unable to devote the time and attention required in offices they had held. The club, however, was in n. flnnrißVinff nmndifinn. and if monibßrS

would go in for gjod hard work in tha shape of practice there was no fear but that they would be able to hold their own in the field against all comers. After gome discussion, the following were unanimously elected : E. G. Hawkes, captain ; F. Hyman, vioeoaptain; Messrs T. B. Hall, A. Hawke*, and O. Edgar, committeemen; and W. Edgar, delegate to the Canterbury Bugby Union. Several fixture* to come were then arranged for, and, with a vote of thanka to the chairman, the meeting terminated. Abhbt7STO» H.M. Coubt. —At the '-.hove Court on Friday, E. Kill and S. Lancaster were each fined 6s for drunkenness. George Jameson was charged with being drunk in a railway carriage, and was fined in a similar amount to the above. J. Sloan was charged with being an habitual drunkard, and an order prohibiting the publicans of Ashburton and districts from supplying Sloan with drink was mads. A similar order was made in tha case cf Lancaster. A case against F. Petersen, for wounding with a knife Joseph Oapstiok, was adjourned. Frederick Howard was remanded on a charge of assaulting Ellen Jones. On Saturday, before the Mayor and Mr T. Bullock, an inebriate who made his appearance before the Court for the first time in that capacity, was fined ss. Par Petersen was brought up on remand from the previous day, charged with assaulting and •tabbing on the head and arm with a pocket knife one Joseph Oapstiok. On the application of Mr Purnell, the case was acj earned to Friday next. Charles Welch was charged with the larceny of wearing apparel, value dB3, the property of Thomas Mullanoy. Sergeant Felton asked leave to withdraw all the charges with the exception of that of stealing a pair of trousers. From the evidence adduced it appeared that tha goods alleged to have been stolen had been sold to a man named James Warren, On Warren being •worn, he stated that he had not purchased the clothes from accused, but from another party. The case was therefore dismissed. Fieb —Yesterday morning, at about a quarter to five o’clock, a fire was discovered by Constable Hirlihy in the back premises of the City Hotel. The place where the fire broke out is detached from the hotel by what is known as the City Hotel right-of-way. The ash-bin, which is of wood, is there, and in this bin the fire first started, burning its framework, and then the weatherboarding of a shed attached, doing damage to the extent of £l. It is supposed that as New Zealand cosd is used at the hotel, some of it was removed to the bin not quite burnt out, and that it smouldered for a while, and then the fire burst out. Mr E. Cookson, the proprietor of the hotel, states that as this place u detached from the main building; it is not inanred. The fire brigade were on the spot, but fortunately their services were not repaired. Bussiah Admimisteatioh.—“ A terrible revelation of tha corruption prevailing in the Kantian Administration has been made at Leipsio, where a pamphlet oalled ‘Loose Leaves from the Secret Archives of the Buasiau Government’ has just been published. These ‘Loose Leaves,”’ observes the “ Daily News,” show that the stories which have from time to time oozed out with regard to shocking scandals in connection with various departments of the Russian Government have been by no means exaggerated. From the very highest officers of the State downwards, all men seemed to think themselves entitled to plunder the Imperial revenues at their will. The Bnssian Admiralty, in particular, was, under the administration of the Grand Duke

Constantine, who has since been cashiered, a - perfect hotbed of corruption. A hundred million of roubles, or, in round figures, twelve millions sterling, has been expended in shipbuilding in the Russian dockyards during the last ten years; but it is no exaggeration to say that the value cf the ships actually produced was not one-tenth of that sum. Everywhere, however, the most unblushing and systematic peculation seems to have prevailed; and it is quite c'ear that down to the close of the late reign official corruption in Russia was as widespread aa in the days of Catherine. It would be interesting to know if matters have improved since.” Ashlbt Beat Bridge.— Frequent allusions have been made to the importance of this bridge, connecting the Ashley with the Mandeville and Rangiora district, and as a means of aiding communication from the extensive farming district of Ashley with the central market at Rangiora. Some years ago the Ashley Road Board, with praiseworthy enterprise, devoted a considerable sum towards the erection of a timber bridge which then spanned the worst portion of the current in this wide river, but recently the somewhat erratic Ashley has displayed a tendency to leave the formerly existing channel and take up another portion of the river bed. Therefore, to take into consideration the important question of maintaining tho trafficroad opened up and extending the arches of the bridge across the whole river bed, a public meeting has been convened to ba held at Rangiora on Tuesday. No doubt the same will be influentially attended, for seeing the County Council has not thought it time yet to take up large public works, in the interests of the county some means will have to he devised to raise the necessarily large cost of the undertaking locally, or by an appeal to Parliament. Stjkbbmb COUBT.— The case of Regina v W. G. Jacobs was continued on Saturday, the evidence given being the same as on the former occasion. Mr Holmes addressed the jury for the defence, and hia Honor summed up. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and shortly before five o'clock returned into Court with a verdict of guilty, ooupling it with a strong recommendation to mercy on the ground of previous good character. His Honor sentenced the prisoner to eight years’ penal servitude, remarking that the sentence would hare been much heavier than this bad it not been for the recommendation of the jury. The ease of Regina v Nathaniel Yale, for fraudulent bankruptcy, stands over till next month, to which tho Court has been adjourned. TJ.A.O D., Campbell Lodge, No. 128, The half-yearly summoned meeting of the above lodge took place on Friday night for the election of officers, with tho following xesult:—A.D., Bro, Young j Y.AD., Bro. Hibbs ; secretary, Bro. Taylor ; treasurer, B to. Cramp 5 A. B. ’s, Bros, Gibson and Ferris ; Y. A.B.’s, Bros. Jenkins and Ofiwood; iQ. f Bro. J. E. Taylor ; 0.G., Bro. Howell; M. Sec., Bro. Cox. The installation was performed by D.P. Bro. Tomson, assisted by Bro. Bishop, of Wellington, who afterwards gave an interesting account of the progress of the order in the North Island. Tho balance-sheet was read, and the lodge was -found to be in a very flourishing condition, with a credit balance of £S4 16s lid, after ‘having been in existence only twelve months. After a hearty vote of thanks to tho vieiting brethren, the lodge was closed in due form by Bra Young, AD.

I I.O.Q.T.—Tho Hope of Christchurch Lodge 'Kill hold a public meeting m tne I Templar Hall, Worcester street, to-morrow evening, when the well-known Mr Jego w deliver an address. AMBBBIHT StbhpibohabhS.—The country selected for these eteepleohases is across Mr F. Courage's, Mr W, A. Benn’s, and Mr n. McLean's paddocks, oppasite the Crown Hotel, where there are some fairly good fences and a water jump, and tho course is one over which a splendid view of the whole race may be easily obtainable from one of the paddocks, to which, by leave of the owner, the public will be admitted; Woodkoffe’B Guassblowihq. The exhibition by Mr Woodroffa of glass blowing, is announced to finally close on Thursday next. During Mr Woodroffe’s stay his practical illustrations of the art of glassblowing, and clear concise explanations, together with the beautiful articles produced by him, have combined to make his little retreat a place where an hour or two could be both profitably and amusingly spent. Head of thb Bat. — On tbe occasion of Messrs W. Gebbie and George Edmonds taking over the interest of the lease of Mr D. Gebbie’s sheep station, an invitation ball wa-

held in the wo fished, which was tastefully decorated with evergreens and flags. The invitations|wore freely given and as freely responded to, showing the esteem in which the gentlemen were held in tho Bay and the surrounding homesteads. Dancing commenced at 8 p.m., and was kept up with spirit till the small hours of the morning. Over 100 were present. Mr D. Gebbie will still reside at tha station, but the lessees ore putting the out-buildinga in a thorough state of renovation. The work is being tastefully executed by Mr Newtoun of Lyttelton. Gas-PoisohinQ-. —Deaths from gas-poison-ing are becoming quite frequent in the pro. vinoes (says the “ Home News”), and in every case the immediate cause is the same, namely, that “ some one ” inadvertently left an nnlighted burner with the supply turned on. When this is done in a sleeping apartment the inmates never wake again. The gas evidently operates in such insidious and quiet fashion, that even the lightest sleeper is not aroused. This happened a few nights ago in the old men’s ward at the iUppor Gornal Workhouse. The two inmatea wont to bed as usual, but next morning they did not turn up. The porter accordingly went up to ascertain the reason for their non-appearance, and found the room full of gas, with the two old men in bed quite insensible. One recovered after reatoratives had been bat the other was too far gone, and died within a few hoars. Some one, it appears, must have opened the tap of the gas burner during the night, as it was found in that position ; perhaps one of the old men may have done so in taming off tho gas on going to ted. The question is, whether at workhouses and other places of the sort, it ought not to be the invariable rule to turn off the gas at the main at a fixed hour every night. In case of a fire, this simple precaution would, at all events, somewhat diminish the danger. A PhotoobamioGuir.— The “Engineer” ■ays :—“ln taking instantaneous photographs it is well known that some difficulty is ex perienoed in bringing the object into the field of the camera. The process of taking aim at, for instance, a moving object such os a ship, has sometimes to bo repeated several times, and in the end the result is unsatisfactory. M. Marrey has, to get over this difficulty, designed a photographic gun. This is neither more nor less than a very large revolver, with a stock to put to the shoulder. The barrel is a telescope—that ie to say, it contains the lenses of a esmera; there are sixteen apertures which take the place of the chambers. The photographer puts in a sensitised plate behind those apertures, and performing an operation analogous to cocking the weapon, he ie ready for tha field. On seeing a flying bird he takes aim and pulls the trigger, tho chamber revolves once, and in one second he obtains sixteen little pictures of the bird in various positions. Hitherto M. Marray has made use of his photographic gun for tfce purpose of investigating the flight of birds. In this case clearness of definition is of little consequence, to long as a dark image or silhouette the shape of the bird is obtained, so that it matters little whether the object aimed at bo focussed or not; but it is obvious that in a multitude of othsr oases the image can bo obtained perfectly in focus. Indeed, it will be seen that the system of thus carrying a small camera to be steadied against the shoulder admits of extension, and may prove of the utmost service to the photographer. P-Abibh of Kaiapoi. At a meeting of the nominators of this parish, held at Christ’s College on Friday, the Very _Bev. the Dean presiding, it was decided to invite tho Bev. W. H. Wyatt, who is at present in charge of the Oust district, to fill the cure of Kaiapoi, which will he rendered vacant by the Rev. D. O. Hampton’s resignation, taking effect in September next.

A Pike Country editor wrote that he proposed to cook tha finest turkey in tha country for his Christmas dinner. The printer let it up * hook,’ and the poor scribe is under police surveillance every time he wanders into the outskirts of the town.

A New York stone-cutter received the following epitaph from a German, to ba out upon the tomcat ne of his wife: ‘Mire wife Susan is dead. If the had lived till nsx’ Friday, she’d heed dead shuat two weeks. As a tree falls, bo must it atan’.’ An editor describing the effects of a squall upon a caral boat, says— * When the gale was at ita Ivghest, the unfortunate craft heeled to larboard, and the captain and another cask of whiskey rolled overboard.’ In a lawsuit about the priority of the invention of certain hay cutters, the preaiding judge gravely remarked that he “ thought the ha: cutter was not the invention of any one man, aa nearly every farmer had bad a hand in it.’