NEWS OF THE DAY

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2699, 1 December 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

R.M. Court.—At the Resident MagisCourt this morning Ada Gilbert was fined 53 for drunkenness. There was no other business. A New Name fob it.—A shopkeeper doing business not far from Colombo street,

finding himself compelled by temporary pressure to interview Mr Bloxam, or to put it more bluntly, file the schedule of his debts in the insolvency court, closed.his doors and stuck up in the window a notice " Clo»ed for re-decorating." This description of the process is good per se, and sounds infinitely better thai* if the debtor had given out that he was going to bo " whitewashed." The Child Lost at Woodend.—The little girl, two years and a-half old, missed since 11 a.m. on Tuesday, had not been found up to this morning, although yesterday 120 persons were out searching on horseback and on foot. There can be no doubt that the child must be dead, either from exposure and want of food or by drowning. Assistant Dock Master.—Mr Matthew Brown was yesterday elected as assistant dock master to the Harbor Board. There were nineteen applications.

Board of Education.—This body held an ordinary meeting yesterday afternoon, and transacted a great deal of routine business. It was resolved, on the motion of the Rev. C. Fraser, to ask the school committees of Christchurch and Sydenham whether they intended introducing, at an early date, the compulsory clauses of the Education Act.

Simonsen's Opera Compant. The opening performance of the Simonsen Opera Company has been fixed for Wednesday next. The opera to be played on the occasion will most probably be Maillart's " Hermit's Bell." The tariff of prices has been fixed at ss, 3s, and 2s, and the subscription tickets for twentyfour nights at .£5.

Pilot Station School.—The Harbor Board have resolved to erect a sehoolhouse at the pilot station for the use of the children of the pilots, &c, stationed at the Heads.

Payable Diamond Field.—The Industrial Association at its meeting last night resolved to request the Government to offer a bonus for the discovery in the colony of a payable diamond field. The Graving Dock.—lt is intended to hold the opening ceremony in connection with the new graving dock at Lyttelton on January 3rd, when it is hoped the ActingGovernor will be present. Trades Bowing Club.—At a meeting of the above club, held last evening, the following gentlemen were elected honorary members—Messrs T. Acland, W. Beeves, L. Harper, J. C. Corr, J. T. Matson, j! Cook, J. B. Gresson, W. Vincent. Philosophical Institute.—An additional ordinary meeting of the members of the Philosophical Institute was held last evening. Professor Hutton (president) occupied the chair. Donations of five volumes from Professor Hutton, and one volume from the Boyal Society of New South Wales were announced, a vote of thanks being accorded to the donors. The chairman reported that in consequence of the resignation of Professor J. Von Haast from the Council, Mr G. Hogben had been appointed to fill the vacancy." Mr L. Cohen was nominated for membership! Papers were read by Messrs C. Chilton, J Inglis, R. W. Pereday, B. Brown, and Professor Bickerton, after which Mr W. M. Maskell made some remarks on the report in " Nature" of Professor Haeckel's address to the German naturalists at Eisenach.

Entertainment.—The second entertainment m aid of the Convent building fund took place last evening at the Oddfellows' Hall, and was largely attended. The Hibernian band played a good selection of music, and the various ladies and Gentlemen talcing part were very successful, nearly every item being encored. In the first part Mr Heller introduced his clee club in "The Mulligan Guards," and it ■was evident, from the manner in which the juveniles went through their business, that a great deal of care and trouble had been taken with them. They were loudly applauded, and had to repeat the last verse Miss Amy Horton was very successful in her "Musical Moments." The gem of the evening was Hen- Braun's violin solo " The Carnival de Venice," with variations. Miss Bowler and Mr Milburn acted j as aecompanyists during the evening. Greendale Methodist Church!—The Sabbath school connected with the Primitive Methodist Church, Greendale, held its anniversary on Sunday last. The sermons were preached by the minister, Rev. P. W. Jones, to large congregations. The prizes to the children for attendance and conduct were also distributed by him in the afternoon. The children met on Monday, and after indulging in various games took tea at 4.30. The teachers, parents and friends sat down at 5.30, and partook of the good things provided. The caterer for the occasion was Mr Batson, of Kirwee who appeared to have given every satisfac! tion. The evening meeting was presided over by the school superintendent, Mr J. D. Rudd. Short addresses were .'iven by Messrs J. P. Rudd, J. W. Sawle"! and Revs. Bray and B. W. Jones. Some excellent recitations and pieces were "-iven by the teachers and scholars. Owing to the illness of Miss Rudd, Miss Tresiddt-r, presided at the harmonium.

Eiccartox Sports —A iureting was held m the library, Upper Kicearton, on Tuesday night, to arraage for holding the annual sports. Mr J. E. Hanson was voted to the chair. It was decided to hold the sports on Thursday, the 28th December Ihe following- gentlemen were elected a committee:—Messrs Taylor, Brake, Atkins, Howison, Wood, Doell, Warburton, Hamilton, Hanson, Gregg, Button, Btytho. sen., and Mullins. The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

Waikari Athletic Sports.—A meeting was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, on Wednesday evening, 29th November, at which it was decided to hold athletic sports, with concert and ball to follow, on New Year's Day next. It was resolved that Mr J. D. Lance be requested to act as president, and Messrs James Little and Wm. Parkison as vice-presidents. A most influential committee was appointed, and a secretary and treasurer elected. The meeting then adjourned till Wednesday, December 6th.

Oxford-Sheffield Bailwat. Mossm Grrigg and Guild have finished their contract for the section of the Oxford-Sheffield railway on the south side of the Wainiakariri bridge, and Messrs Coates have reached ar point within half a mile of the bridge on the Oxford side with the laying of the rails, and are now completing the cuttings, &c, and ballasting the line where lines are laid. . The latter contractors have got through the work at a very rapid rate. A short section of less than two miles remains to be constructed near Sheffield to complete the connection by rail between the two townships, but tenders for it are not yet called for, greatly tothe disappointment of the inhabitants. Vital Statistics.—The following are the statistics for the month of November r —Births : City, 55 ; district, 132. Marriages : City, IS ; district, 11. Deaths : City, 13 ; district, 31. The totals for last year were—Births, 170; marriages, 33 ; deaths, 50.

Inquest. An inquest -was held onThursday at Hood's Hotel, Yv T aikari, befora Dr. Morris, coroner, on a child of Mr Banner, -which had died from diphtheria, according- to the evidence. The jury returned a verdict of '* Accidental death," with a rider censuring l the mother for neglect in not sending for a doctor.

Electbic Lighting at Poet.—At the meeting of the Harbor Board yesterday it ■was resolved to order from Messrs Siemens Bros., of London, the requisite plantadvised by Mr Meddings for electric lighting 'purposes on the 'wharves and at thograving dock. The lamps for the -wharves will be three in number, and of 3000-candle-po-wer each. Mr Harman, -who is visiting England shortly, -was requested to see Messrs Siemens Bros, on his arrival in England with reference to the matter.

Benevolent Association.—A meeting: of the sub-committee of clergy and laity, to. whom was referred the question of considering the constitution and rules of the Benevolent Association, took place at the rooms yesterday. The chair was occupied by the Rev. H. C. M. Watson. The outcome of the meeting was that the secretary was instructed to write to the various, kindred associations in this colony and Australia for copies of their rules, and also any information they might be able tosupply on the subject of constitution. A committee comprising the Revs. H. C. M. "Watson, "W. Morley, and Messrs "W. R. Mitchell and Maskell, was appointed toconsider the information when obtained, and report upon the same to another meeting.

St. Albans Loan Proposals. The polling for the acceptance or rejection of the loan proposals of the St. AlbansBorough Council took place yesterday in the Borough Council Chambers, Papanui road. Prom the first it was evident that but little interest was taken in the matter, and as the day wore on there were unmistakeable signs that the required number of burgesses would not record their votes. Th total number of votes op. the ratepayers' roll is stated as being 745, and asthe Act provides that a majority of the whole voting power of a district must be recorded in favor of any loan proposal, at least 373 affirmative votes were needed to give it effect. The total votes polled were 242. Of these 124 were for, and 118 against the loan. No official declaration of the poll was madf>. The doors were closed at six o'clock, shortly after which hour about twenty ratepayers gathered round the polling place waiting to learn the result, bufe they were disappointed. The figures quoted above, although not officially given, wereobtained from a reliable source. Public Meeting at Sydenham. —Ameeting of ratepayers was held last night at the Oddfellows* Hall, Sydenham, to consider the action of the Borough Council in sanctioning an expenditure for the purchasing of km 1 to extend Gordon street, so as to open out a thoroughfare from Gasworks road to Colombo road. Mr John Joyce, the Mayor, occupied the chair, and there were about 200 burgesses present. The Chairman stated the reason of the meeting, and read a letter from Mr Joseph Gould, on behalf of Mr Stead, protesting against any repudiation of a contract which ho said the Council had made with that gentleman, viz.—that he should give totheCouncil a strip of land on Goings' road in consideration of their purchasing otherland to make a thoroughfare. The letter went on to say that Mr Stead had done his part faithfully, and he thought there wasmost unreasonable delay on the part of the Council in doing theirs. The Mayor explained that in pursuance of the agreement above named an expenditure had been authorised by an almost unanimous vote for the acquisition of land, and some had been acquired, while yet more was wanted. Mr Muffett stating, in a longspeech, that the expenditure would beabout .£4SO, and the matter had been ! dealt with chiefly in committee by the Council, proposed a motion condemningthe action of the Council. This was seconded and carried by a large majority. Mr Jones moved a resolution censuring the Council for their hasty action in voting money in the face of a requisition handed to the Mayor asking him to call the present meeting. Mr Nairn proposed as an amendment, and it was seconded—" That in the opinion of this meeting the dignity of the Council should be upheld." Several long and heated speeches were made, the result being that the resolution and the amendment were rejected, and a vote of thanks to the chair brought a somewhat noisy meeting- to a close.

' How wicked we am when we sot down and fink it ober,' said Brother Gardner, at i the Limekiln Club, as the voice of the triangle struck the hour of seven. * "While I keep tryin' to believe in heaben, I keep wonderin' how any of us will eber git dar. We mus' not envy, an' yet we do envy. We mus' not b'ar false witness, an' yet we am for eber stretchin' the truf. We mus' not lie, an' yit it comes sohandy oat we can't help it. We mus' notsteal.an'—an'—an' some of us don't/rDat is, we doan't get inter a posishun to handle the funds. We mus' not be jealous, an' yit when the woman across de way, whose husband aims six dollars per week, sails out wid fo' new bonnets a ya'r, am it human natur' fur my cle woman to look arter her an' not wish she had hold of her

back h'ar ? We rnus' not swar, an' yit what am I to do when I strike the eand of a sidewalk plank wid myfut, or whack my thumb wid de hammer ? Am it to be supposed dat I will calmly sot down an' sing a gospel hymn ? When we trade horse wid a man, we cheat him. When a man wants to borrow half a dollar of us we lie to him. We play keerds, dance, go to the theatre an' circus, an' we doan turn our backs on a dog fight. I tell you we am all poo' weak human bein's, and eben while we flatter ourselves dat we am slidin' 'long to.ids heaben, at the rate of a mile a minute, we am all ready to pass a lead nickel on a street kyar company or pocket de five-doliah bill foun in de post office. When I sot down at night an' pull of my butes, an' put my feet in de oven, an' get to thinkin' of how hard I try to be good, an' how pow'ful easy it is to bad, 1 become so absorbed in my thought 3 dit de ole woman has to hit me on the ear wid a 'tatar to bring me back to airth an' start me out arter an armful of wood. Gemlen,

let us continer to try to be angels,*but let us count on wrestlin' wid Satin about fo'ty time a day, an' on bein' frown flat on ourh icks ebery blessed time.*

Cricket. The match, Auckland v Timaru, was concluded yesterday after we went to press. The Aucklanders, with 27 runs to make to win, went in for their second innings, but lost four of their •wickets in doing it. To-day, Auckland is playing fifteen of Ashburton. An account of the match up to the time of our going to press will be found in another column. The Hospital Grounds.—The very successful performance given by the band of the City Guards a few weeks since in the Hospital -grounds will be repeated tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon, from two to four o'clock, when the grounds will be thrown open to the public as on the former occasion.