NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2608, 16 August 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Cantebbuby Oaxedohias Society. —We understand that this society have arranged to hold their annual gathering! on Anniversary Day, 16th December, on the grounds of the Lancaster Park Company. The Caledonian Society have agreed with the Park Company for this day for the next five years, and wo have no doubt but that these sports will be both popular and successful.

Theatbb Royal.—Last night "New Babylon" was repeated to a crowded house, the circle as well as the stalls and pit being well filled. The piece went excellently throughout, and improv d on acquaintance. We find that wo omitted, in our notice yesterday, to mention the natural and fresh acting of Miss Mortyne. As Madge Maltby her role is certainly not an arduous one, but abe makes the most of it. We also i eglected to call notice to Mr Bland Holt's very clever impersonation of the Brummagem Bullfinch. His comic songs, when sustaining that character, are really excellent.

Oantekbuev Stone fob Meleofenb. —A ■ample shipment of Mount Somers stone from Mr Peach’s quarry will be forwarded to Melbourne to-day by Messrs Miles and 00., per Manapouri. There are three nice sized blocks, weighing altogether about fire tons. OiiD Ibonwobk. —A considerable quantity of ironwork, consisting of sectional parts of material not used in the erection of Waimekariri Gorge Bridge, and which has beam lying near the Sheffield railway station forsome years, is being removed to Addington by the Public Works Department for the purpose of being utilised in some other manner. Some broken parts hare also been Bold by the same department recently at old. iron for the sum of £2O.

St, John's Temperance Socibtn.— An. entertainment was given last evening, at St. John’s Sohoolroom, Latimer square, by themembers of the above society. The Bev. EL. O. M. Watson presided, and gave a readings Dr. Bussell delivered an addrewon “ Temperance,” and songs were coniributed by Misses Wright and McDougall. There wa» a good attendance. Damns.—The Lyttdton Hearts of Oak held their usual fortnightly meeting cm Tuesday evening, at the Foresters’ HalL One candidate was initiated into the order by A.D. Bro. Adams, assisted by P.A. Bro. Holland, and four candidates were also proLetters from the Oak of Sydenham and Pioneer Lodges were received, and the lodge decided to give their support to the Oak of Sydenham Lodge, and in reference to j-'ho Pioneer letter it was decided to forward, it to the Grand Lodge through the D.P.. Bro. B. W, Grantham was elected V.A.Bd. through the vacancy caused by the death of Bro. Errickten, and was duly installed. Whathkb Exchange. New Zealand, yesterday—Pine weather, with light S.E. wind and much swell at Timaru. The low area has now passed to S.E. Australia—An area of high pressure is now clearing Eastern Australia, but a steep depvesiien appeared yesterday off Albany, and it is advancing rapidly with north-westerly winds. Barometer —Bussell. 29 6; Wellington, 29.6 ; Bluff, W. 7 j Albany, 89 5 j Uobart, 30 8 j Portland. 30.4; bj due/; 30.4,

Lyttelton B.M. Cocbt. The following eiril ease* were tried by Mr J. Ollivier, 8.M., at this Court this morning Q. Baker vB. Thomson, claim £3 183 3d; judgment by default. Philp v J, Gumming*, claim £2 Os Sd ) judgment for plaintiff. Lyttelton Bates. —Eatepayers who have sot paid are notified by the Lyttelton Town Clerk that they will be sued in fourteen days. Kaiapoi Boeottqh School.— The monthly meeting of this committee was held on Monday evening. Present Messrs Pamham (chairman), Bevel!, Coup, Bobins, Moore, Prater, and MacFarlane. Letter* were read from the Board of Health, drawing atten* fcion to the necessity for an enlarged nrinal required in the boys’ yard. Prom Mr Alexander, head master, reporting the number on roll, 452 ; average attendance, 302 ; average decrease, 15, owing to sickness. He drew attention to matters requiting attention, in respect to the buildings, trimming of holly hedge, and repairing of fences, as well as ■light alterations to |the desks, and ropes reqnired for the gymnastic apparatus. The letter from the Board of Health was ordered to be referred to the Board of Education. Messrs Fraser and Bobins were elected the visiting com nittee for the next three months, and the matters named in the head master’s letter were referred to them. It was resolved, on the motion of Mr Bavoll, seconded by Mr Maofarlane—“ That the schools have a holiday from August 16th to September 4th. 1 ’ Accounts, £25 16s 103, were pasted for payment. The meeting then adjourned.

A Pbeyeotly Fiebpboop Obmbnt. —This has been discovered in the Eifel Mountains, and has recently been analysed by the wellknown German chemist Dr. Bischof, of Wiesbaden. According to the opinion expressed by eminent professional men, it is the only material known to science which possesses besides its plastic qualities the virtue of being fireproof. Moistened with water, this cement forms into an elastic mass, which can be exposed when dry to great beat without shrinking or showing any cracks. We should think this Say a cement would be peculiarly adapted for repair, ing defective fireplaces, cracks in retorts, &o. As mortar for fireproof buildings and for the interior plastering of furnaces the mode of preparation is ns follows: —The cement is to be well mixed in a dry state, a small quantity of water is added and mixed well together. As a mortar it can be used in the ordinary way. In lining furnaces, however, care must be taken to pros* the cement well into the walls, so as to leave a smooth even surface, ae the cement when dried by the air easily crumbles, and will not harden till affected by fire ; moreover, it must not be treated roughly until it has been well burnt. Cracks in furnaces, retorts, &0., should be well cleansed and scraped, and, if possible, roughed before applying the cement. The parts to be mended should be damped beforehand.

New Colonial Loan Issues in London, —New South Wales Government 4 per cent. Loan of £2,000,000 was advertuod for tender on Sth xnst, by the Bank of New South Wale*, as agents for the New South Wale* Govern* ment. When the issue was advertised on Ist inat., the fixed minimum of 102 was regarded as rather highly pitched, yet the stocks of this colony are so specially prized that there seemed very little doubt but that a premium of J —l per cent, would have to be paid by applicants who might desire to ensure a certain allotment. However, a few days after, a competing colonial loan of £3,000,000, Cape of Good Hope 4 per cents, was advertised for tender by Messrs Baring Bros, and Co., at the low minimum of 94. The comparative cheapness of this stock at once attracted the attention of the leading broker* and dealers in the colonial market, and many intending applicants for the New South Wales loan at once announced their intention of transferring their favors to the Cape of Good Hope, and this proceeding threw a damp over the prospects of the New South Wales loan, some parties even anticipating that the loan possibly might not be all taken. Almost the moment, however, that the tenders were opened this view was dispersed, as it turned ' out that a tender from one individual estab- 1 liahment was for the whole advertised amount of £2,000,000, and some other heavy applications brought the total up to £4,206,300. Much of the stock appears to have passed into the hands of Banks and other influential 1 institutions connected with the colonies. The price of this loan soon rose to 102}, but has • since, in the face of the Egyptian difficulty, receded to about the issue price. Cape of * Good Hope loan of £3,000,000, 4 per cents, with option of [inscription.—This loan was * advertised for public tender by Messrs Baring Bros, and 00., at the minimum of 94, and was successfully sold by them at £95 9s and upwards, the total of tenders having amounted to above £10,000,000. Cost op Corn Growing in America.— The whole cost of growing wheat upon the prairie lands of America is ten dollars, or about two guineas per acre. For this sum it can be delivered to a distance of six miles from home. The average yield of the United States is put at 12 bushels per acre, though in 1879 it reached a little more than 13 bushels. With this yield the grower can deliver at 3a 6i per bushel of 601bs without actual loss. The average coat of the two rates of carriage (rail and water) from Chicago to New Fork is estimated at 5a 21 per quarter. About 4s 9}d is the cost of carriage to Liverpool. To these charges must be added another 3s Id per quarter for insurance, handling, dock and town dues, porterage at Liverpool, shortage, &o. ; out of this sum the Liverpool charges alone are 2a Id per quarter. But Chicago does not produce, but only receives the corn, and the average cost of carriage to Chicago is estimated at 6s 81 per quarter. These figures will enable the reader to estimate the cost per quarter, at which wheat can be delivered into the English market. The Land Market. —The agriculturists of the West of England are in raptures with the season. It is turning out a splendid season for everything—for stock, for grass, for corn ; and if, in some places, the wheat is turning yellow from the long succession of east winds, the agriculturists are congratulating themselves upon the prospects of three crops of hay. These prospects (says the “European Mail”) are naturally producing a complete change in the tone of the land market, and there is a strong and strengthening demand for farms which require skill rather than capital, or small amounts of capital, and especially for farms in good positions, either in relation to the railway or to towns and watering places, where a ready market can be found for dairy produce, or for eggs, poultry, and fruit. “ Land” goes on to say that there is, all through the West and Midlands, the keenest competition for farms of this kind, and men who a few years ago were in possession of farms of 200 or 250 acres, without possessing the capital necessary for their proper cultivation, are now taking farms of 40 or 60 acres, upon which, if they have less capital than they had five or six years ago, they will have a larger capital in proportion to their holding, and better security than they had to encourage them in the free use of their capital and skill alike. “ I have not the slightest difficulty,” said a land agent a day or two ago, “in letting little places. They do not stay on hand a week. But big mixed [farms do not go at all. The men who could work them, if they can be worked at all at a profit, have uot the capital, and those who have the capital have not the heart to take them." Dangbeods —A number of heaps of stones and earth have been left on the river side of Oxford terrace, between Oaahel and Hereford streets, which are dangerous to persons riding or driving, as no lamps have been pieced thereon to warn persons that any obstruction has been left on the roadway. Professor Ebazbb’s Lkotube. —Professor Eraser delivered a lecture at the Congregational Schoolroom last evening to a good audience. The subject chosen was “ Food,” and the uses and abuses of the various alimentary substances was dwelt upon at considerable length. The lecturer was frequently applauded. Shefeiblb Coubsins Club.—Nominations and entries for the fourth meeting of this club close at 9 p.m. on Thursday next with Mr G. A. Keys, the hon. sec., at Sheffield. The fixture will take place on August 22nd and following days. The events are two in number, viz., the Maiden Stakes, which is open to members of the Sheffield Club only, and the Final Stakes, for all-aged dogs, which is an open event. A-0.F., Kaiapoi. —At the regular fortnightly meeting of the members of Court Woodford on Monday evening, it was decided to invite offer* for medical attendance upon the wives and families of members, as well as on the brethren. The Court decided to meet the members of the independent order of Oddfellows at the hall of the latter society on Thursday, to discuss the question of the amalgamated fete in celebration of the anniversary.

MAGISJBA'IE’a CotTBT, RANSIOBA. — this Court, on Tuesday, the following case# were disposed of W. Moir vJ. Hamilton, claim £1 16* j judgment for plwuf l ®- Sutton and Co. v J*. Smith, claim for £2 19e 9d ; £2 10s 9d had been paid into Court, for which sum judgment was given, with costs. J. Alford v K. J. Wallace, claim of £1 3s 6d ; judgment for plaintiff. Messrs Cunningham, Blackett and Johnston, presided. _ , Thb Febey Hoad.—This road is in a very bad state, and those travelling thereon after dark are subjected to risk of accident, which conld be obviated by a little attention by the Heathoote Boad Board. 1.0.G.T.—A meeting of the Dawn of Peace Lodge wa« held in the Templar Hall, Ashburton, on Monday evening, when there was a very large attendance, more especially of new members. Bro. A. Cook, D.G.W.O.T. of the Star of the Bast Lodge, assisted by Bros. T. Smith and Davis, officiated in the installation of the officers for the ensuing quarter. The report read showed that there are 100 members on the roll, and that the financial condition of the lodge was very satisfactory.

It was also an Ohio man who, when a terrible storm set in one night, rushed into the house of a neighbor and cried out: ‘Jones, this is the ending up of earth I’ * I’m afraid so—l’m afraid so!’ was the reply. ‘And what shall we do?’ ‘And what shall we do?’ ‘Make our peace with heaven 1’ The wind blew still stronger, the house began to shake, and the exoited man exclaimed— * Jones, you lost five bushels of wheat last fall!’ ‘ Yes.’ ‘ And yon have your suspicions?’ ‘I have. The man who took my wheat had better own up.’ ‘ Can yon forgive him?’ ‘I can,’ ‘Well ’ Here the wind suddenly dropped, and_ after a look throngh the window the consciencestricken man turned and finished— ‘ Yes, if I ever meet him I’ll advise him to call around,’

—‘Detroit Free Press.’ Why Ha Let Go ?— ‘ Yes,’ he sighed, as he pocketed the nickel, *l’ve hard luck. You’ve heard of the famous Yellow King mine, I presume ?’ ‘ Yes.’ ‘ Well, I owned that mine once.’ ‘ Yon did! Did you make anyting out of it ?’ ‘ Not a dollar. I had my choice between that mine and a mule, and I let go of the mine. Presume you’ve heard of the Boyal Jack mine?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘ They’ve taken 10,000,000d01. out of that hole, and I owned it once.’ ‘ls that so?’ ‘True as gospel. I held four kings and the other man held four aces, and that’s the reason I let go. Ever hear of the Cornstock lode?’ ‘Of course.’ 1 Well, I owned that whole business twenty years ago.’ ‘What made you let go then?’ ‘Couldn’t help it—couldn’t possibly help it, stranger. Jist at that pint I was waited on by a vigilance committee, and the way I let go of that richness and retired to far-off fields of struggling poverty killed my ambition, but saved my neck. I calkerlate I’ve opened up 300,000,000d01a. of wealth in my time, and now all I can show for it is ten cents in cash, and the consolation that I’m booked for the better land whenever my liver takes me off.’ —‘ News.’