TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6488, 13 December 1881, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Tub Timako WATBBWoiiEe.--These work# will be formally opened on Anniversary Day, Friday next. A brief description of the system appears in another column. Distbiot Cocet. Ward iat in the District Court yesterday, from II a.m. till 6 p.m. A report of the business done will be found elsewhere. The Court wilt resume at II a.m. to*day. UHirßuaiTß Kxami»atio».— The matriou* lalion end junior scholarship examinations began at the Orange Hall yesterday under the supervision of Mr Q. It. Lee. Inere are eight candidates for matriculation, and IS for the junior scholarship. The subject taken was Latin. The examination will be con* tinned until Tuesday, Deo. 20. Ikqubst,— An inquest on the bodies of John Biobard Campbell and Thomas Kerr, who wore drajrned m the river Heatheote on Sunday morning last, was held at 3 p.m. yea* tordey, at the Clarendon Hotel, before Dr Coward, coroner, and a jury, of which Mr Hall was chosen foreman. The witnesses examined were Henry Piper, landlord of the Heatheote Arms Hotel, and John Smith, who endeavoured to rescue the deceased. No ad* ditional facte wore adduced, and a verdict of “ Accidental death *’ was returned. The j ury highly complimented the witness Smith, for hi# bravery in trying to save the unfortunate men.

iMimn®,—Yfe® w«* SWjspihf Oomfwny h»v« received osbl# edrire of the arrival of Gw Ardbtjr Maid, from Aurktaml, and Walmoa, from WtlHuftot), at London. Ilshß witniLMi.—lt (• the InUalion of some of the musician* of the town to welcome the great violinist on ' hie arrival in Christchurch with a emneHe. Ihis will b« a graceful tribnte to genius. Vics Uroai, —Hi# Kicelleney Sir Arthur Gordon is about to my a visit to Christchurch, in a non official, eajjacily. Mis Etrolltney, who will h® eoeompanied by Lady Gordon, will he the guest of Mr and Mrs John Studhcdme. Ewockiso it Hovrw.—A witneee in the District Court yesterday deposed that at wage# for cutting free*. Ae., at Barry’* Bay, he had received a habnee of Bd. for sis weeks' work at a shilling **> hem*. " The reel was spent in drink." Abbut.—Yesterday evening Oonstable Ooles re-captured a lad named Alfred Buraeisler, who wae committed to the Botobaa Indus! rial School on Jfov. 90 last, and effected his escape on Saturday. He wae re-taken cm the Bait Bel t. Tub Totausatob 0a««-—Mr Franck hae, we learn from a Wellington paper, determined to apply to the Judge of the Christchurch Court for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against the judgment given by the Appeal Court on Thursday last. Tub AemttmroK Osora.—After the rain of Sunday night, vegetable life in the Ashburton district looks lets drooping. The rain came not a moment too soon, as lb* excessive beat that has. been experienced for some weeks was beginning to tell adversely on the crops. Tns Bxcskt Cabs or DBOvmm—We are glad to learn that a subscription Bet baa been set on loot in aid of the widow of the late Thomas Kerr and the mother of the late J. E. Campbell, the two men who were drowned in tbs Hratkcoto on Sunday last. About 100 guineas havs already been subscribed, a satisfactory amount in itself, which we hope wilt be doubled. Dbaihaob Boabo.—An ordinary meeting of the Drainage* Board was held yesterday afternoon, ol which a report appear* in another column. Tbs Engineer mentioned in his report that the works la connection with the main sewer would be very shortly completed. Six tenders were received from various contractors for the work of laying sewer pipes in the Obriatohureh district, the oonsMerarion of which was deferred to an adjourned meeting to be held on Wednesday next at 10.90 amt.

Sals of Putilbqss.—Mr H. 1. Alport told the privileges for the Friendly Societies’ sports, at bis rooms yesterday. Both the publican’s booths were knocked down to Mr Toovey for £4O each. The two confectioner’s booths were purchased respectively by Messrs Bobinton and Bashlord for £8 each. The ice-cream booth was knocked down to Mrs Bobinum for £l, and the right of printing and rolling programme to Mr M'Clesvy for £4> 6s. The total amount realised by the sale was £lol6s. Tub LrtriLSOK Xlxotiosf. lodging from the eccentricities exhibited by the IS informal roles recorded at Lyttelton on Friday last, some of the elector* must have been greatly exercised in mind aa to which of the three candidates they should support. It appears two had erased no names, or else had taken the foot-note for names, and had excised that } three could notmeke a choice, and bad out out all { five made no marie whatever \ one bad erased only one name, while two others had excised two names, attaching a flourish, which went through the third candidate, and the Betnmiag-Offleer had to declare them invalid. Lrm.it Hives Railway.— A train MX) yards lorg is now loading with wool and timber, and the present tanninu# at Seaforth is beginning to have a lively and business-like appearance. The district people an looking forward with pleasure to the arrival of excursion trains on Friday next, from Christchurch and Lincoln. A whale boat rare, on the open see, is being arranged between two boats* crews, to start from the Whaling Station, Ikolaki, and finish \n running through the surf and landing the boats in Lake Forsyth. Two well* have been sunk on the new township, where splendid fresh-water haa been found.

Fbozsh Mbat.—Captain Wheeler, of the s.e. Wakatipu, before leaving Fort Chalmers look on board a Queue of a cheap frozen bj the Bell-Colemsn process. When the sheep ni pot on board, about 6 p.m. on Saturday, it was u bard as a piece of stone, and when •track gave out a dear ringing sound. A leg of mutton was at Captain Wheeler’s request cut oS another carcass, and so thoroughly wae it frozen that the flesh was as hard to out through os the bone. Captain Wheeler wrapped the carcass in a blanket and placed it in the wheelhoose, but contact with the air soon thawed it. The carcass is a fine sample of mutton, and if the shipments are of die same quality they cannot fail to command' attention in the Home-market. Thsathioal.—By the Botomahana, which arrived at the Bluff yesterday, Messrs Mao' docald and F. Weston, agents for Messrs Williamson and Harkins respectively, were passengers. Mr Harkins opens at WelUngton on Deo. 24, under engagement to Mr Be Lias; Mr Williamson, as wo have already montionod. comes on his own responsibility. —Mr Do Liu Hu sufficiently recovered from bis attack of illness to get about again.—Mr Josh fiokersgill, manager for Miss Pomeroy, haearrived in Chris tchurohtooomplete arrange* ments for the forthcoming season at Christ* mas at the Theatre BoyaL The oompany will produce several new plays, as well as the essence of the repertoire so popular in Christ* church during their last season hero.

Amatbue Thsatbioaia at Sba.—A theatrical entertainment, promoted by the members of the Lady Jocelyn Amateur Comedy Oompany, for the benefit of the loyal Alfred Aged Merchant Seamen’s Institution, at Belvedere, Kent, took plaoe in the saloon on Thursday evening, Nov. 24. The piece presented was Allred Maltby’s “Two Flats and a Sharp." The favourite fares, "A Cup of Tea,*' concluded the evening’s amusement and sent tbe audience away well pleased. Several selections of music were given daring the evening. The stage wae prettily decorated, Mr B. Fagc being the artist. The sum ef £2 6s will be banded over to the Secretary of tbe Belvedere Institution so soon as Captain Jenkins returns to England.

ABHBDEToif Gab Ooki’AWX—Tho annual moating of shareholders in the Ashburton 6m Company was held in the local Library H&ll yesterday afternoon, Mr Thomas Bullock in theohair. The report and, balance-sheet were read and adopted. The latter shoved a net profit for the year of £846 12* 7d, which wa« appropriated that i—A dividend at the rate of 8 per oent per annum on the paid-up capital, absorbing £lO7 8s 9dj £6O in liquidation of preliminary expense* i £l6O to form the nucleus of a reserve fund j and tho balance, £IBB 8e ICkl, to be carried forward. Tho following Director* were elected: Meiers Andrew On. F. T. Mayo. W. St 0. Hill and S. 0. Wright, with Meter* Jameson and Zouoh auditor*. The usual votes of thanks concluded tho meeting. It may be added that during the year 23 now services, representing 180 light*, have been laid down, and that now there are 98 service* in, and 1280 lights supplied by tho Company, through about three muei of main*. To* OrgßA.—Tho Montague-Turner Company lost night repeated " Montana,” an opera which bos, perhaps, been the meet successful they have produced. It woe a most brilliant exhibition from first to hut: and the audience would gladly have encored each solo. The only one that woe repeated, however,wo*Mis* Carrie Godfrey’* "Ala*, those Chime*.’’ Mr Turner again electrified the house by his magnificent singing of “ Let me like a eoldier roll," and for eome time there appeared to be a probability of something like disorder through his disregard of the enthusiastic encore} at length he came forward and explained that bo could not comply with the certainly unreasonable do* mood. Miss Montague was a* charming as ever. Mr Farley woe in excellent voice, aa wae Mr J. Gordon, whoso ro-appearanoe was warmly greeted. To night the Company give, for the first time this season," The Bose of Outille” j and to-morrow night they appear for the last time, when the prim* tlo»*a takes her benefit.

' AttßßßLtr Baobi.—Mr M'Nasght's Mask mare Swamp Hen his been scratched for the Ladlee* Puree.

Aba boa ItfOATtA.— The Union Company’* tf earner Penguin will run aa excursion trip to Akaroa on Friday next, Anniversary Day. The Lyttelton Brass Band ha* been engaged by the Begatta Committee, and will go dowa by the steamer. The excursion should he well patronised. COtfBtBBAT HoBTICttt,Tt?»AL ffOOlimr. The annual Show, under tit* auspice* of the above Society, will be held today at Courtenay. A bataa r in aid of it Matthew** Church will also be held, as well as a number of other attractions, coscludlag with a teameeting and dance in the evening. pßDXfrstAßtsw.—Among the attraction* to holiday-makers at Timara on Friday will be the seven mil* walking match between 1. J. Bradley and 11. Lambert, for m a-side and the championship of South Canterbury. Both men have been training carefully, and the friends of each sure confident of their man winning. flriiwo Show at Oxroau.— The Oxford Horticultural and Poultry Assoriarioo’s Spring Show will be held today at the West Oxford Town Hall. The Oxford Brew Band, which hae been making rapid improvements lately, will also be in attendance, and give a number of (elections, which will no doubt (end greatly to enliven the proceeding*. AcotnxwT.—Mr John Illingworth, of Lyttelton, met with a serious accident yesterday. He was in bis dray, whim the bore* bolted, and brought up oo the Bridle path at Mr Stinson’s fence, throwing Ur Hliogwortb from the dray to a considerable distance. He was token home and attended by Dr Bone*, who found him very seriously injured. Another man, who waa on the dray, escaped uninjured. Goon Tbmflabt.—A new Templar Lodge, coder the jurisdiction ol the E.W. Grand Lodge of the World, has been instituted at BingtUnd. It will be known as the Hope of Biehmoud. The instituting officer, Bro Bridge#, who holds a SpsetaT Deputy** com* mission, had the pleasure ol imtiatiag 13 candidates, and of receiving two members by clearance card. The officer* were duly elected and installed, and eevsral candidates were proposed for the next night of meeting. 0.8.0.—A nee wae rowed last evening on the Avon, over a mile and a half oourae, to determine the crew to repreeent this Club in the donble-eeuUing race at the Akaroa Begatto. The following is the result Cygnet (north bank)—J. Onerson (stroke), t. M. Bonlton (bow), J. Laurie (cox), 1. Swan (south bank)—P. Duncan (stroke), J. Hay (bow), Outhbert (cox), 2. Tbs beau kept well together for the lint 100 yards, when Grierson draw ahead about a length, mid gradually increased it to three lengths at the finish. The Bwm lost orer a length at Pratt’s by Duncan** stretcher unfortunately becoming unshipped. Miss Mostagub’s Bkhwit.—To-morrow night Mies Annie Montague, whose delightful vocalisation and acting as the prima do»ma of the opera company has made her one of the most popular artists that ever visited Christchurch, takes her benefit. The season, of which this will be the Iset night, ha* not bees so brilliant financially as it has been musically, but this cannot be attributed to any fault of the management, or to any want of taste on the part of the public, as those who have patronised the theatre during the past tec days have been unanimous in their outspoken praise of the Montagne-Torcer Company. Last night the crowded attendance proved that, the disturbing influence of the elections being now over, the public were anxious, as far as possible, to make np for lost time j and no doubt to-morrow night Miss Montague will have a boose in some degree proportionate to her merits—that is, crowded to the utmost capacity.

All boatlsff me* interacted la the Akaroa Regatta to be beld on Deo. IS, are reminded that entries dose at 9 p.m. tomorrow, a perish file, with flower Show and aal* of wort, wtUbeheld in the Faraontm ground*, Biccarten. this afternoon. Coaohsa Will leave town dnrina the afternoon for the conveyance of padrone. The master of the Lyttelton Orpbana«e desire* to acknowledge receipt of £1 8e Sd from Mrs Bill's children, to aid of the children's treat

The house steward of Christchurch Hospital beg* to acknowledge thetreoript, with thanks, of » handle of newspapers and periodicals from Mr Alexander Garrick, Christchurch.

CaSTOB Otx AS AW ItIOWIHATOB.— WhiIe coal gas and electricity are striving for supe* riority in the lighting of our streets, outer oil u an illuminator is used in the But. At Jeypore the late Maharajah founded castor oil works, and In them gu is extensively die* tilled from poppyseed or rapeseed oil. The product of 821bs of esstor oil is abont 750 cubic feet of 28f-caadlo gas, and the price is £llss lOd per 1000 feel. A street mam jj laid down for the anpply of houses by the usual arrangement ef branch pipes, and one home in the town has 118 lights. A Nabhow Escape.— One of the Waka* tipu’s passengers named Horseraft had a very narrow escape from drowning at Port Chaf* mens on Saturday night. He fell over the wharf late at night, aim the night being dark, hie position could not he ascertained. A sea* man named Matbsson, belonging to the ship Dunedin, and Constable Young, who was on duty, slid down the piles near to the spot at whioh the man had fallen, and Matbeeon catching sight of him at last by means of a lantern which had by this time been lowered over the tide, swam off and brought him to the piles. After some trouble, he was brought round, but bad not the two men noted so promptly, Horseraft would have been drowned. It may be as well, remarks the Herald, to point out that the apparatus for saving Ufa on the piers at the port is of a very mesgre character. Life-buoys, with lines, should be hung up in suitable places. Tan StriTAu’s limnrtmros ur AmoA — l The Jtipuhligm publishes an article on the mission of the Turkish Commissioners to Cairo, attacking the policy of the Sultan, who, notwithstanding the formal assurances given, continues to send soldiers and cannon to Tripoli, from whence it will be easy to foment the insurrection in Tunis and Algiers on the one hand, and in Egypt on the other. The Siimhliq** Frawjaiat says;— “The personal interference of the Saltan, Abdnl-Hamid must be watched by all Europe, and more especially by France and England, because from the nature of things it is against these two Powers that this section is more especially directed. It is the most serious element in the Eastern Question. We do not know how long this will lasts what we know is that these intrigues are continual, and that they imply, both for us os well as for others, serious difficulties, and that they are promoted by him who reigns at Yeldis Kiosk. 1 * Two vessels of war from France and England are expected daily. Mobs about Msat.— Under this heading the Howe Newt says s—The Orient's cargo has been disposed of at good but moderate prices, and the success of the venture it assured. But there is still much complaint of the difficulty experienced in buying the meat. Except for these who were at the auction, this it nearly impossible. The wholesale men St possession of tbe carcases, and aa soon as ey were distributed In tbe retail trade they were sold at the ordinary rates, and all traces of their origin as Australian disappeared. If it was recognised at all it was only to depre* date it. The chief complaint against the meat—the beef in particular—is the darkness of the flesh. In this country we eat our beef when it is about three years old, and the colour of the meat is a rich red. Anything darker is looked on with suspicion. Horseflesh is dark, say those who will not understand that the flesh of the horse, specially fattened for food, and i not the refuse of omnibus and cab traffic, is the most nutritious of all animal foods. But the more hint of horseflesh it sufficient to damage the character of the finest i •hrloin or to* juiciest steak. Another unfair charge made against tbe Australian meat is I that it it coarse and underbred, a manifest * error to all Australian®, who have reason to i be proud of their efforts to secure the best 1 stock-blood from the Old Country. Nothing, perhaps, will tend more to convince tbe sceptical than the honest championship of the chief cook of the Orient, who, in a well-ex* i pressed, sensible letter to .the 2Vnms, has set i forth aU toe faoto, and exposed all the preva- I lent fallacies about the meat He has practically thrown down too gage, and offers to place on dinner tables dishes of Australian i

m#*t wlUb tbit of my &ihsr and wmids«itly ebftUmcta eonok«hmt» to duUnguish which k which. Tbs Okkat Baer*#*.—Tha OrtU JUtUm timmtblp ha* jost b*sn p&t ftp to aoetloß, and, falling to Sod o pa»hfti®r, mu bought to for CM>, OOO, lm» than • tooth of ib« torn that ahe altogether cott* If «h* hod h*m Ml of wood looted of iron «h* would boro f*toh«4 ft Itifair prk», rise* abo wooM i»v o offored • met# nmtumtoite totMmnt for ih« (hlp-braticr. Th» Oml Kaatora it not only • Swting kvkthan, Ist • Seating whit* ckpteot. nftfoiflomt poprlioM Bdto boriiapmelkfthkftodiJraottttatMM. Htrttrr ar* to largo u to muter it impcwibk to do aoythieg with them. Sha cannot dost In tbo Sue* Cfioal t the hoc ftcsotnnscdftti&n fortitothouaftsdpMteogori.ftodahahM ootrtr cftfrkd mtm than two hondrad. Sha only SMfttl work which aha war aecomplkbad waa tha laying down of tha Atlantic aahk. Sha k too hog* avia for • coaler, and tha Doaibw of aoldian who eosid ba atowad away in bur—»b*tw*eo (even and tea thosaaad—would npnaant • ruk that our mill* ary ftothoritlaa may w*a Mtototof*ea. Ilk asfgcatad that aha thmld ha milked m a floating hold, and perhape aose dar «ha tsar ba actually dadkatad to that purpoie.