NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2721, 29 December 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

U.A.O.D.—The half-yearly summoned meeting of the Oak of Sydenham Lodge was held last There was a large attendance of members and visitin'* - brethren. P.A.D. Bro. Buck presided. After the roll had been called and one candidate initiated, the nomination of officers for the ensuing term took place. P.A.’s Bros. Whincop and Hill were nominated for the office of D.P. After a large amount of business had been gone through, the lodge was closed. Receipts for the evening, £59 Os sd. Sale op Pbivileges. —The privileges in connection with the Popular Sports to beheld at Lancaster Park on New Year’s Day, were offered for sale by Mr Hawkes this morning. The publican’s booth failed to elicit any bid, and the only done was the sale of the confectioner’s ■ booth for .£1 10s. Masonic Installation. The installation at Unanimity. No. 604, E.C., took place on Thursday night at Lyttelton. R. Bro. H. Thomsen conducted the ceremony. The installation was as follows : —W.M., Bro. S. Derbridge;. S. Bro. W. Hamson; J.W., Bro. J.. Thompson; treasurer, Bro. J. B. Milsoax (re-elected) ; secretary, Bro. A. J. Arnold (re-appointed) ; S.D., Bro. John Roberts ; J.D., Bro. H. Arnold ; D.C., Bro. T. W. Rentoul ; LG.,. Bro. T. Bradley; tyler, Bro. A. Gordon (re-elected). V isitors were present from the Conyers, Concord, Kilwinning, and Li’ - coin Lodges. At the collation which followed the ceremony the Deputy W.G.M., in responding to the toast, “The Grand. Lodge Officers,” suggested the advisability of each lodge yearly contributing to a benevolent fund. He thought it would be specially becoming for the Lodge of Unanimity to first lead the way, it being the oldest in the province. The suggestion was received with favor by those present. After spending a pleasant evening the brethren separated. The Tokchlight Pbo«£ession at Poet.— On New Year’s night, not New Year’s eve, as in years past, the Lyttelton Fire Brigade will hold a torchlight procession at port, as a fitting wind-up to the day’s regatta and sports. Representatives from other brigades in the province, it is hoped, will take part. A larger quantity and better variety of fireworks has been specially imported for the Brigade from England, and it is proposed to set these off at the extreme end of the Gladstone Pier. The idea is a good one, no better site being possible than the one proposed. Should weather favorite, the display and the effect viewed from the harbor will no doubt be very beautiful. The Deainage Act. —Cases involving the right of the Board of Health to compel house connections with the underground sewer, were heard at the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning. There was no definite solution of the dispute atissue, but the proceedings were of considerable interest. A report will be found in another column. Acknowledgment. —The members of the.

Fire Brigade beg to acknowledge the receipt of J2lO from the Eev. Mr Aldred, of Springfield road, who has forwarded that sum for services rendered at a fire on his. property in Durham street on Saturday night last. The brigade would feel obliged if all donations in the future be sent direct to the superintendent, Mr E. W. Turton. Kaiapoi Pibb Brigade Displat.— The exhibition of fireworks, which this Volunteer Brigade intends to make on NewYear’s Day, is to include a torchlight procession and grand display of fireworks near the Borough Council Chamber. Members of the Christchurch and Eangiora Brigades and Pire Police have promised to assist. The pyrotechnic display is to include X flight of rockets, 2 balloons and jewel jet, 3 colored shells and tourbillons, 4 vertical wheels and Prince of Wales feather, 5bouquets of gerbes and devil among the tailors, 6 large horizontal wheels and tourbillons, 7 bouquets tinted stars and saxon, 8 monster balloons and treble bouquets, 9 bright suns and Chinese trees, 10 monster vertical wheels and shells, 11 caprice wheels and Jack-in-the-boxes, 12 balloon and saxon, 13 saxon and Prince of Wales feathers, 14 mine of serpents and boqnet of gerbs, 15 rainbow and shells, 16 Vulcan the ventriloquist (an entirely novel departure in such displays), 17 cascade and four-armed wheels, 18 saxon and horizontal wheels, 19 triangle and boquet of gerbs, 20 jewel jet and devil among the tailors, 21 tinted stars and shells, 22 Maltese cross and revolving .wheels, 23 monster balloon and shells, 24 pyramid, final device K. P. B. and serollIn addition to the foregoing, rockets and tourbillons will be discharged in theintervals. Kaiapoi Horticultural Society. A meeting of the committee was held at the Farmers’ Club Chamber on Thursday evening. Mr P. Eobins was voted to the chair. The autumn prize schedule was revised, and sundry classes added allowing the exhibition by amateurs of single plants, of fuchsias, pelargoniums, &c., and 178classes were agreed to. Several liberal special prizes were offered, inclusive of JES 5s from Mr Isaac Wilson, M.H.E., for gardens kept by persons in the receipt of daily or weekly wages only. Prizes were offered by Mr Parnham (Mayor) and Mr E. Moore for the highest prize-takers in the open and amateur classes. Five special prizes were offered for boquets made by children of different ages, and also for the best device made by anyone under sixteen years of age. Mr Aherne, hon. secretary, reported that the number of members of the society had increased each week since its establishment. The meeting then adjourned. Eailwat Arrangements. —The train arrangements for the Lyttelton Eegatta and the Summer meeting of the C.J.C. appearelsewhere.

Eoad Boaed Annual Meetings. —Many of the Boards Lave decided not to hold their annual meetings in January as usual, but intend to hold the annual meetings after harvest in March, when the elections of members under the new Act take place. Captain Undeewood. —It is said that Captain Underwood, of the Union Steamship Company’s s.s. Eotomahana, has been appointed the resident marine superintendent in London for the New Zealand Shipping Company. He will accordingly resign his command of the Eotomahana either on his arrival at Melbourne or at Dunedin on. bis return. Electeic Lighting. — At the meeting of the Harbour Board, held yesterday, it was resolved to hold an interview with Sir Julius Vogel, on Tuesday next, with regard to the lighting of the harbor by electricity, ho having intimated that he is prepared to make an offer for the work far below the estimated cost by the machinery of Messrs Siemens and Co. Kaxapoi Teadesmen’s Spoets. A meeting of the committee for carrying out these sports was held at Burnip’s Hotel on Wednesday evening; Mr L. J. Cox in the chair. The collectors presented their lists, showing a fair sum promised, and it was resolved to make a of tho town during Thursday, and meet in the evening to draw up a programme to he published in Saturday's papers. The Weathee. —In tho northern district on Wednesday night and Thursday S.W. rain fell copiously, and will prove very acceptable ou the runs, if not on some of the grain crops. The wind laid a few of the tall crous and damaged the branches of a few trees, hut no serious injury is reported. Tho rivers were rising in volume last evening, but all the railway lines were clear of overflow up to 7 p.m. During the past three days a considerable quantity of rain has fallen in the Ashburton district, and during Wednesday night and up to a lute hour on Thursday morning the rain was accompanied with heavy gusts of wind. At a late hour last night there was no sign of tho weather clearing. Kaxapoi Chuech op England School. —The annual treat to the children attending this school was to have been holdon yesterday on Mr T. Burgess’s farm near Kaiapoi, at which the party was to have been met by the children attending the Church Sunday school at Clarkville, but in consequence of the storm of wind and rain the treat had to be postponed. The Eev. E. Long made arrangements for the Kaiapoi school children to spend the afternoon in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Hilton street, where various games were promoted, and a bountiful tea was provided by the teachers and friends.

Sporting— There is now on view at ihe new establishment of Messrs Coates and Co. a very handsome trophy, presented by Mr G. G. Stead as an addition to the staKe for the Great Autumn Handicap. It is in the form of a Koman chariot, drawn by two horses, in which Boadicea is represented standing erect, with a falchion in her hand. The work is very artistic, and has been most excellently carried out. The trophy is of solid silver, mounted on an ebony stand. A silver plate will be affixed to the front of the stand bearing the following inscription:—“Canterbury Jockey Club. Presented by G. G. Stead, Esq., to the winner of the Great Autumn Handicap, 1883, won by .” The trophy will be on view for a few days at Messrs Coates and Co.’s, and is well worth seeing. Waimakaeiki Board of Conservators. —Mr T. Cooper; senr., being disqualified as a candidate for the Avon sub-district, Mr T. C. Moorhouse has been duly elected as a member of the Board. Colonial Newspapers. —One hundred and fifty-nine newspapers were registered np to November last for transmission by post in the colony of New Zealand.