THE GLOBE. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1882.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2678, 6 November 1882, Page 2

THE GLOBE. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1882.

Akesials and Bikds by tub Waouzb. —The New Zealand Shipping' Company's ship Waimate, from. London, brought twenty-six ferrets,importedby the Government. There is also on board a pure-bred bull dog, a gem in his line, and shipped to the order of Mr Coker, of this eity. The chief steward, Mr Pickett, has also a choice assortment of canaries and linnets, someof which were prize winners at one of the largest of. the Metropolitan Shows held just prior to the sailing of the Waimate. Out of seventy-eight linnets shipped, butseventeen have arrived alive. The Waimate was this morning berthed at the Gladstone Pier.

The Waimate. The ship Waimate arrived from London last night. The wholeof the passengers, sixty in number, were in first-class health, and were landed at noon to-day. Sydenham Borough Councii,. —The ordinary meeting of This body takes place tonight at the usual hour. Charity Suxd.'.y.—As will be seen by the full list of subscriptions on Charity Sunday, published elsewhere, the total amount, together with some .£l3O from. : other sources, amounts to .£OO3 3s sd.

Merino Sheep—The five merino sheep shown by Mr C. Ensor at the Rangiora Show, shorn on Priday, gave fleeces weighing a total of 721 bs. One with an eleven months fleece bought from Mr Caurpbell yielded a fleece 0~. ICibs.

Southern Crcss Masonic Lodge.—At the monthly meeting of the brethren of the craft at Kaiapoi on Thursday evening BroW. H. Ovenden was duly elected W.M. for the ensuing year, Bro. Parnham was reelected treasurer, and Bro. Pickering reelected tyler. Oeangeisbi.—The various Orange Lodges in and around Christehurch were well

represented yesterday at the afternoon service at the Primitive Methodist Church, Cambridge terrace, when an impressive sermon was preached by the Rev. J. "Ward. The members of the order belonging to the various Lodges will meet at the Orange Hall, Worcester street, and proceed from thence to the Christchurch railway station, whence they will proceed to Leeston to open th 3 new hall recently erected in that township. Flaxton Sohool Committee. Themonthly meetiag of the Flaxton school committee was held on Friday evening last. The head teacher reported that at the main schoo:. during the month eighteen children had been admitted and one left, the number on the roll being 157 ; and at the side school five had been admitted, the number on the roll being thirty-two. The attendance at the main school for the month was 127, and at the side school twenty, or 147 out of IS9 on the rolls. The report was received, and considered very satisfactory. The Chairman (Mr K. Wright) reported the result of the late entertainment to have been Receipts, .£l6 5s Cd ; expenditure, £o 19s ; leaving a. balance of .£lO Gs Gd. It was arranged to erect swings for the girls, and to purchase cricketing materials for the boys, after which the meeting adjourned. Kaiapoi Drotds. —The Trafalgar Lodge held its usue! fortnightly meeting at Burnip's Hall, Kaiapoi, on Thursday evening ; P.A. Bro. Drake in the chair. There was a large attendance, including visitors from Oak of Sydenham, Hope of St. Albans, and Ohoka Lodges. An official visit was also received from the Mistletoe Lodge. There were seven candidates initiated and two proposed. Bro. A. Pearca was appointed A.D. in lieu of Bro. Hirst resigned, and Bro. Burnip was elected V.A.. District President, Bro. Tomson installing them into their offices. The Lodge then adjourned fcr harmony. The visitors having spent a most pleasant evening, lodge was closed in due form by the A.D., Bro. Pearce. Cruelty t:> Animals.—Working horses while suffering from sore shoulders has become a common practice of late, and several cases of gross cruelty have been brought to light by the police in the Ashburton district during the past ploughing

season, and in each case heavy fines have

been inflicted. At the Police Court on Saturday another charge of cruelty to horses was heard before the Mayor and Mr T. Bullock, the defendants being William Brown, a farmer of Dromore, and four men in Brown's employ, namely, J. Page, R. Taylor, J. Brown, and A. Holston. The horses, which were brought to the outside of the Court, airoeared to be in a wretched condition. The Bench fined William Brown £5 and costs, and the other four defendants 10s each and costs. A Miner's Risk.—The Melbourne " Telegraph" reports a peculiar phenomenon, not altogether unknown in the mining world, occurring recently at the Duke of" Timor claim, Maryborough. Some men were at the bottom of the shaft engaged in sinking the bore, when a tremendousmovement of the ground beneath them, accompanied with a large upheaval of matter, so alarmed them that they immediately telegraphed for the bucket, which, was quickly lowered. Into it they at once got, and not a moment too soon, for as they were drawn up they were surrounded with a vast column of mud and water, and it is said that the bucket was so buoyed up with the stuff that the hands at the

windlass felt no difficulty in winding. The matter rose up with them to a height of 60ft.

A Strange Case.—A laborer named James Greenhalgh was arrested in Melbourne on a charge of having, on the Gth ult., wilfully murdered his illegitimate child, Selina Ann Greenhalgh, aged about nine months. The child died in the Melbourne hospital shortly after admission on the Gth instant, from the effects of suffocation, caused by irritant acid, ti-aces of which were found about the throat and clothing. An inquest was subsequently held, at which it was disclosed that on the Gth inst. a general servant named Elizabeth Cook, the mother of the deceased, left her child with Greenhalgh in the Flagstalf gardens while she went to Spencer street to inquire after lodgings. The child was then in good health, but on her mother's return in twenty-five minutes she was frothing at the mouth and vomiting as if some injurious compound had been administered during her absence. Greenhalgh had a bottle of medicine in his possession at the time, which was composed principally of muriatic acid, traces of which were subsequently discovered upon the child's clothing, and it was supjDosed that he had given the child some of the medicine during the mother's absence. He denied having done so, but the circumstances surrounding the death were of such a suspicious character that the police obtained a warrant and arrested Greenhalgh on the capital charge. Tjie Opium Trade in India.—The Go-

vernment of India has done wisely in re-

ducing the quantity of Bengal opium to be 6old after this year. Had it not done so it would have courted a disaster in its finances ; and now, if that disaster be not wholly averted, it is postponed. The principle on which the opium sales have for some years been carried on (says the " Pall Mall Gazette") was to offer a fixed uniform annual amount, which might be said to represent about the average yield of the poppy harvest. Sometimes that harvest would be much ; sometimes little ; but, in order to prevent fluctuations in the supply, the surplus of the good years was to be kept to fill the gaps in the bad. That was the theory; but of late years the average yield of opium has been less than the annual quantity sold, and the consequence is that the Government of India has maintained its opium revenue at the expense of a depletion of its opium reserve. In IS7S, five years ago, the reserve was 45.452 chests, and at the end of the current financial year it is estimated that it will be as low as 15,152 chests. Perforce, therefore, the authorities wouldsoon haveto reduce the amount offered for sale, and they have prepared to do so before compulsion reached them. It has been decided to offer 3000 chests less in the ISS3 season and thereafter than has been offered since Sir Cecil Beadon's plan came into force.

Suez Mail.—By late telegram we are informed that the Pcshawur, with the inward Suez mail, arr.ved at King George s Bound last evening.

Sporting.—Betrayer was scratched at two o'clock this afternoon for all engagements -

-The City Gtjabds and Hibernian Bands. —The former of these bands will play on Tuesday, and the latter on Thursday even'ngs. They will march by torchlight from the Old Post-office to the corner of High and St. Asaph streets, where their selections will be given from half-past seven till half-past nine o'clock. The Metropolitan Meeting. The final payments for the Welcome Stakes, Pree Handicap, Derby, and C.J.C. Handicap were made on Saturday evening. In "the Welcome five are left, in the C.J.C. eleven, in the Derby five, and in the Free Handicap six. After the sou'-wester of Saturday there is every probability of fine -weather for the meeting. If this turns out correct, it should be a successful one.

Malvern. —At the monthly meeting of the Malvern Road Board, at Kowai Pass, on Friday, Messrs Charles Redfern and George Rutherford were appointed as delegates to attend the convention to be held at Christehureh on Monday, the 6th, to 'take into consideration the merits of the different railway routes which are creating so much excitement at present. A New Illuminator. —Hardly have we Tecognised the electric light as an accomplished fact (says the "Engineer") before -we are startled by the invention of yet another great light. An eminent analytical chemist in Havre, whilst making trial of a new compound, accidentally spilt some of it upon a sponge. The sponge was removed to a table upon which the sunlight -was streaming, and nothing further was thoughtpf it until late at night the chemist, happening to go into the room, was astonished at seeing a bright light on the table, which illuminated most of the room. He found that the light proceeded from the sponge, and instantly concluded that it was from his new compound. He immediately fetched the hitter, but to his surprise found it gave no light. Determined to ascertain the truth he took the sponge and examined it microscopically, when he found that the light proceeded from a large number of minute crystals. Shaking a few drops of >»jg compound upon another sponge, and examining it with the microscope, he could not at first see anything, but upon bringing a light to bear upon it he detected faint traces of crystals. So intent was he upon prosecuting his study it was daybreak before he could tear himself from his task. The following day he saturated both sponges with the compound, and exposed one to the sun's rays, leaving the other in a dark room, and was rewarded by finding the sponge that had been exposed emitting a very beautiful light, far exceeding gas in softness and power. Since th.'n he has made further experiments, and exhibited the light in front of his premises, many hundred persons viewing it, amongst -whom were the Mayor, Chief of Police, ami other dignitaries. Arrangements have now been made for illuminating Havre with the aiewlight,2o,ooofrancshavingbeen votedfor that purpose. The invention has been perfected so that the light is increased or concentrated by means of mirrors and lenses to a very great extent. The modus operandi seems simply to be that the rays of the sun are absorbed by this new compound, which emits light for exactly that number of hours it has been absorbing it. The new light -will, it is said, prove the cheapest and best of any yet produced.