NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2638, 21 September 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Lyttelton Mutual Impbotembnt Society,—The usual meeting was held on Wednesday night, the Etv. J. Hill, president, in the chair. Thero were about twenty-five member* present. Three new members were elected and some other routine business done. Mr Gibbons gave an eesay on “ Communism,” which was replied to by the president and Mesrr* McWilliams, Mil;om, Brown and Webb Xte essay proved a very interesting one indeed, Mr Gibbons having, evidently bestowed considerable study on the subject. “ Should Trader be Taught in Prisons ” is the debate for next meeting. Lyttelton B.M Coubt. —The steward of the barque Pampero, .James Johnson, was charged at this Court this morning, before Dr. J. T. Bonus, J.P., with damaging 5s worth of property on board the vessel, and, upon his promire that he would not misbehave himself again, the master took him on board. Oddpkllowship.— A public dinner in connection with the Loyal Phillipatown Lodge, 1.0.0 P.jfkl.U., wiil be held at the Oddfellows’ Hall, PhiUipitown, this evening. Tbcb Assailant of Butlbh. —The prisoner who assaulted Butler at the Lyttelton gaol, ss related yesterday, was sentenced by the Visiting Justices to a month's solitary confinement, hi* tobacco to be stepped, and sir months' good o n luot marks forfeited. Trotting. —Great interest eua taken today in a race between Mr J. Corbet's Captain, and Mr J. L. Crawley’s Brenda, owners up, at Ashburton. , A large number of sporting men were present. Brenda led half the distance, when Captain cams up, passed, and won bands down. Katapoi Woollen Factory.— ln order to provide room for the additional looms now arriving the teasing machinery has been removed from the main ouildisg at this faotoiy into the premises recently erected for it. The burling room in the mill has been done away with, and a more commodious apartment mede off the finishing department, in which the burling was commenced on Wednesday. The company is about eroding an additional length c £ 80ft to the brick wool store, wnich will be begun with at ouoa in order to reesive Ihe purchases from next season’s clip. Carriage Timber —At a meeting cf the Melbourne Tariff Commission last week, Mr Agnew stated, in gi-viat’ evidence on carriage building, that at ona time he did a large LuiiEßßs wirh Wagga Wagga, but that now it had nearly all gone 10 Sydney. He imp rted 15,000 spike j monthly. Colonial wood was preferred for heavy work, and there was a particular sort of bluegmn which was quite as good for spekea as hickory, but that the public would not have colonial spokes for their buggies, and that a still stronger feeling prevail* d against colonial axles. Mr White, another carriage builder, corroborated the above, adding that in his belief if the native mountain ash were used it would be found to bo equal to hickory.

The Football Match.— The match be tween Sydney and Canterbury to day resulted in an easy victory for the former, ‘.he game standing— seven points to two. Railway Matt bus.— The Hon. W. Eolloiton, accompanied by Mr Back, traffic manager, and Mr Maxwell, chief engineer of railways, left Christchurch by special train this morning, the business being to inspect the crossing at Chaney's Corner, the Avon Hoad Board having requested Mr Eolleeton to look into the matter. It sppe:.r< the Avon Road Board some time back petitioned the railway department to remove the gates from the now road which connects the North road with the old Canal Reserve road (at the new Styx bridge), and the railway depaitment has made some difficulty owing to the siding at Chaney’s crossing the road. Mr William Dunlop, chairman, Avon Bovd Board, and Mr James Cochran, a resident in the neighborhood, met Mr Bolleston on the platform at Chaney’s. After a careful inspection it was decided that, to relieve pressing inconvenience, the gates should bo removed from their present awkward position and placed a chain further back from the line, Mr Bolleston making it clearly understood that this was msrely a temporary measure, and the Bailway Department would undertake to do away with the inconvenience altogether when the traffic became greater. Mr Cochran drove Mr Bolleston and party to see the groin which has been placed in the river by the Waimakariri Board of Conservators, after which the party returned to Christchurch by the special train. Gun AccroaHT.— An accident of this nature happened at 10.30 this morning to a man named Thos. Powell, who is in the employ of Mr T. W. Maude, of Biooarton. It appears Powell was shooting small birds whsn the gun exploded, badly shattering bis left hand, and blowing oft the thumb. He was brought to the Hospital, where he was duly attended to, and it is hoped that amputation will not be necessary. A “Tip” to Authors.— ln the preface of a work recently published,entitled “Traits and Travesties,” the author, Mr Laurence Olipht-nt, explains that for some time he was puzzled to account for the success of some of the feeble and fashionable literature of the , day, when he discovered that post-cards “ widely and judiciously circulated exorcised a more powerful influence over the fortunes j of a book than anything that may bo eon- < tained in it.” The “Argus” reviewer , remarks that by way of showing that the j author has no desire to pretend to greater scruples than others of the literary fraternity, appends his post-card, which is engraved as a kind of title-page, and beneath the title of j the book and author’s name reads as follows: —“Dear , —Please inquire for the above work at circulating and other libraries and railway bookstalls, and express your surprise if it is not to bo had j if it is, there is no occasion for you to buy it, but by frequent , inquiries yon will increase the demand, and confer a favor on yours truly, L. O. Ist April, 1882.” Whathbb Exchange.—Now Zealand, r yesterday—Generally floe, with northeast wind in the North and N.W. elsewhere. Decrease of pressure in South. Australia— Generally light N.W. winds end fine, but heavy rain on the South coast yesterday. The pressure is recovering. Barometer — Bussell, 30.1 j Wellington, 29 8; Bluff, 29 6 ; Albany and Hobart, 30.0 ; Portland, 29.9; Sydney, 30.1. ] Mebitalb Ektbstainhbnt. —A very successful and enjoyable entertainment took place last night in the schoolroom, Merivale, m connection with St. Mary’s. The pro- t gramme included vocal and instrumental items, which were well rendered, and the * musical burletta of “ The Loan of a Lover.” a The latter was very well played throughout, j the various characters being well sustained, j The National Anthem and votes of thanks to the ladies and gentlemen taking part in the entertainment concluded the proceedings. New Expoexs. —ln the manifest of the c Eangitiki would bo observed an item of 49 | bales woollen clippings. This item of export t it appears consists of the tailors’ clippings from Canterbury tweed from the Kainpoi , Clothing Company’s factory. It is stat d 5 that they will bo bought up in England by l cloth manufacturers, and will be made into j what would be considered in the Home country very good cloth. Hera of course they are no use for that purpose, as the ] demand is tor the best article, and a cloth which will stand the requirements of the colonists better. Nabbow Escape. —A little girl about four years of age, daughter of Mrs Neviu, of Peterborough street, fell into the river yester- ] day afternoon a short distance from Manchester street bridge. The child was seen floating in the water by two women, who called to a man named Harper, in the employ of Mr Jenkins, Perry road, who at onoo ( plunged in and brought the child to the bank m an exhausted condition. It was at once taken to the Hospital, where the necessary 1 remedies were applied, and danger averted. < Ptrh at St. Alban*.—At about 1145 yesterday, the sta lea of Mr Joseph Harrison ( were burnt down nnder somewhat suspicious ( circumstances. Mr Harrison, who waa at ( work at Mr Rountree’*, noticed the flames, - but on arrive! at the scene of the oonflagra tion could find no one about. Subsequently, ATv Harrison learned from some of his relatives, who had passed the place shortly . before the outbreak of the fire, that they saw ; a person whom they mistook for Mr Harrison in the vicinity of the stable. It is to be ( regretted that Mr Harrison is the loser of a reaping machine, in addition to the stable and its contents, which were uninsured. An unfortunate dog, tied up in the stable, was also destroyed, Mr Harrison’s loss cannot be estimated at less than £IOO. A TJsbpul Invention. —An apparatus for separating gold from sand has boon recently i devised for use in the placer region* of 1 West Mexico and Central America, where Sold-bearing sands are found at too great a iitance from water to make hydraulic mining profitable. The machine is about sft in diameter, and is arranged to throw the sand by centrifugal force against a “ wall ” of mercury, maintained in position by centrifugal action. In this way, it is claimed, every particle of gold is brought into contact with the mercury, and thus amalgamated, while the sand is blown away by means of an air blast. The machine is said to treat a ton of sand in twenty minutes, and to be so certain in its operation as to make it possible to wash over, with profit, the tailings of mines worked by other systems. T.atyv Obatobs. —Referring to Mrs Langtry’s speech at Edinburgh, Mr G. A. Ssla sa y o . “ Really our male orators must look to their laurels. Mrs Stirling has long been renowned as a 1 capital after-dinner ’ speaker ; Mrs Keely ‘ orates ’ admirably, especially at wedding breakfasts; Mrs Kendal ‘spake a piece ’ admirably at the Dramatic School meeting at the Lyceum; and now to the school of Demosthenic ladies must be added Mrs Langtry.” These are all actresses (observes the “ Times of India ”), but among lady politicians there are also some excellent speakers. The late Lady Anna Qore-Langton spoke effectively, if a little nervously. Miss ijdia Becker is as rhetorical as Sir Richard Temple, Mrs Hallett almost ns eloquent a* her uncle, Mr Bright, while Miss Spender, Mies Le Ge.yt, Mrs Hathaway (wife of Sir -John Lawrence’s unpopular private secretary), and many others, sro all good platform speakers. But outside of this class there ore -a few wives of members of Parliament who, although not mixed up with any woman’s rights’ movements, can orate quits as well as their husbands. Among these may be mentioned Mrs P-dlowes and Lady Haytor, wife of the new Under-Secretary of State for War. A Dividend oe One Hundred per Cent. The Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Company have just distributed the sum of £245,000 amongst the shareholders, or, in o her words, they have just received an interim dividend of 10G per cent. At the meeting it waa stated that there was no foundation for the statement that the company had made no profit on its manufacturing business, and that its only source of obtaining money waa by the sale of cub-concessions. Tna chairman said that a rough balancesheet had been prepared, and it was found by that mean* that there was a profit on their manufacturing business during the first six month* of the year of £30,000. He regretted the amount of speculation which tad , taken place with regard to the sub-concessions. There had been too much speculation goin on and too little real manufacturing work performed. The share* of the company, he also thought, had risen to a higher price than waa justifiable. The directors could not control the speculation which was going on, but be would not encourage it by making any prophecy as to the future of the oomj*uy.

Hope op St. Albans Lodge. —The uinal . quarterly summoned meeting of the Hope a j s-j. Albans Lodge of Droids was held in the Lodge room, Znightstown, on Tuesday evening last, A.D. Bro. Birt presiding, -there was a very large attendance, both ot member* s and visitors. The lodge unanimously resolved to take part in the Amalgamated ' Friendly Societies’ Pete this year, and BA. Bro. Tomlinson, A.D. Bro. Birt, and Bro, Silvester were elected as delegates to re prepent the ledge, A sum of money was voted from the Benevolent Fund to assist ah rot her who was burned out in tho late fire in High street. Two members were_ initiated and two proposed. The officers decided to pay a visit to the Trafalgar Lodge, Kaiapoi, on Thursday evening. The contributions amounted to £3B IBs fid. Christchurch Pebsbytebt. —A meeting was held recently, when there were present Revs. A. Blako (moderator), J. Hill (clerk), 0, Fraser, J. Blmslie, N. MoOallum, X. B. Cairns, P. Hauxwell, A. M. Beattie, E. Burnett, E. McGregor, B. Woetbrooko, 8. Blocombe, and Messrs Scott, Lusk, Kid, and Johnson. The induction of Hov. W. West, late of Kumara, was appointed to take place at Saathbridge, on the 21st, at 2 p.m., the Eevs. Hill, Hauxwell, Blmslie, Blake, and Oairns to lake part. A eall from Greymouth congregation was put into the hands of Bev. B. Weetbrooke, who declared his acceptance of it. teveral members of Presbytery expressed their high sense of the diligence and faithfulness of Mr Westbrooke in his late sphere, and their desire to hear of his success and welfare at Greymouth. Bev. Mr Beattie was appointed moderator of the vacant congregation in the Bakaia districts. The Bevs. J. Maxwell and B. West were is understood that a call to Mr Maxwell js in preparation from the Malvern congregations, where he has been preaching with acceptance. Football.— Canterbury Bowing Club v Union Bowing Club—The following teams will represent the above clubs on Saturday next. The match will be played on Cranmer square, commencing at 3 p.m. sharp : Canterbury Bowing Club—L. M. Ollivier, J. B. Evans, J. P. Hartland, W. DeCastro, F. W. Anderson, A. Anderson, P. Pratt, A. Smith, W. Stringer, Wynn Williams, Lane, B. Milton, C. Morns, A. Mountfort, J. G. Heywcod ; colors, red and black. Union Bowing Olnb—W. Q. Atack, E. Blanchard, F. Fuller, J. Fuller, E. J - Frank, K. G- Hawkea, :F. Hyman, W. M. Joynt, P. D. Keateven, H. H. Parson, J. G. Buie, P. Shaokletou, C. Stringer, B. Sband, R. J. Wilson ; emergencies—B. E. Laugh, G. H. Godwin, B. W. Mountfort; colors, blue and white.