THE GLOBE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1882. STREETS IN TOWN DISTRICTS.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2652, 6 October 1882, Page 2

THE GLOBE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1882. STREETS IN TOWN DISTRICTS.

There has been a certain amount of excitement lately in the nowly formed town district of Woolston in connection with the cutting up of blocks of land therein for building purposes. One section of persons have held that the cost of forming the streets which will have to be

A. and P. Association. — The committee ©I this ftasociitiya hold a meeting this afternoon, and transacted a good deal oE business in connection with the approaching show. _ A letter was read from Mr J. D. Lance, urging upon the asiooiation the desirability of haring at future shows two classes for merino sheep. A report of the meeting appears in another aolamn. M ETBOPOLITAK TeMPMBANOB MOTEL, —A change in the management of this hotel is about to be made, Mr and Mra Scdley having been appointed to the position. They had for several years an hotel on the banks of the Thames, near London, which they managed with success. Thu Eight Horn Champion. —The following letter, signed “ Consistency,” appeared in yesterday’s Dunedin “Herald ”s—“Sir,— Last evening when pawing down George street about ten o'clock I noticed pertons working vigorously amongst soft 'goods. Over the door of the shop there was a sign, *M. W. Green and Son.* The parties who were working in the shop had no doubt been there from about nine o’clock in the morning, thus the hours of labor extended over a period c£ thirteen hours. Can yon toll me whether the above M. W. Green is the gentleman who hf-s been spouting so much about the eight hours’ system, and trying to move heaven and earth fruitlessly ia the interests of an oppressed class ? If he is the same, why does bo not enforce the rule in his own establishment.—‘Physician heal thyself.’ ” Tramway Arrangements —The tram hitherto having Cathedral square for Papanni at 3.55 will have at 3.45. and an extra tram

Will leave at 4.15. Masonic. —lhe brethren of the Conyers Lodge lnX6, F.C., will assemble at the hall in Sydenham on Sunday next to attend the funeral of the late Bro. Landery. The deceased brother haa been a member of the Conyers Lodge from a very early period, and was also a member of the Avon Lodge, S.C. The brethren of si»ter lodges and sojourning brethren will also take part in the ceremony. Cricket.— The following will represent the St. Albans C C. in their match on the ground on Saturday. First eleven—W. Henley, j. Nelson, F. Willsteed, J. Harrison, B. Kerr, W. Robertson, J. Lloyd. H. Frith, Goo. Smith, W. Hathaway, O. Cohille. Second eleven —W. Fowler, J. Bennetts, J. Soanes, Kagleston, P. Kennard, Toms, C. Onsack, J. Mann, jnn., 8. Sheridan, W. Moor, J. Walker. Secretaries of clubs will oblige by sending in their announcements not later than Wednesday evening, so £hat they can appear on Thursday.

Small Holdings—Babies. Water Scouts— Temperance oration*. A promising young man may do very well perhaps—a paying one better. A ‘ Standing * Order— 1 Same again all round!’

To Prevent a Conspiracy from Oozing Out— Let the plot thicken. * Wbat is thi* man charged with ?' asked the magistrate. * With whisky, y ur worship, ’ replied the sententious policeman, ‘What is a monopoly f’ ‘ That rival establishment over the way.’ ‘When it a monopoly not a monopoly P’ • When it is in your own hands.'

A High-Church panon asked a LowChurch parson ;—< Do yon hare matin* in your church ?’ Tho latter replied, ‘ Oh, dear, no—kamptulicon right up to the com-munion-table.’

Never Eight.— ‘ When I was young,* says as young man, mournfully, ‘my venerable grandfather never used to tip me, his invariable excuse being— ‘ At your age you haven't any need of money, b”t later on corns to me.’ Well, when I was eighteen I went to him, and he coldly buttoned up his breeches pocket and said— * At your age you ought to be making your own way iu the world.’