TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6492, 17 December 1881, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Tab BAX Fsaxouoo Mail.—The southern Earlioo of tbo inward English mail left Wsl* ncton At fit* o'clock yesterday afternoon. ll wm probably arrive in Christchurch early thU morning. Eaxoioba Bobovw School*, Th«#e schools brolo op for tin Christmas holidays on Iboraday afternoon. The annual pro* fund and concert Is inupd to bo held m tbs Institute on Thursday evening next, tad tbo distribution of prltst tbo foliowiog day. AmvrßUAmt firoHm—Uitoo sports tool plseo in Bsgisy Burk ristordbr. Iberv wot o bugs sltwadsooWf t«l ornytMog poasod off tsty «sIL A mtoting of tbs Sports Aasods* tion will Is bstd in tbs City Cornell €bsm« ben si 11 ab. to-dsy. His ffxonutvof ih Oovbsxgb.-Oos •peeisi oorraspondcßl tdsgimbs u Um Governor returns Home shortly, probsbly is Febnmry. but will not formally snugn oatil bis Arrival la England. Tiers Is now not s sbsdoir of doubt thst His Exoslleoey was highly toooitsed si the Action Isksn by Mlaisten on tba NaUta questiOD during Ms sh> teoce” Dmatb mt Dgomrato.—One of the crew of tbo steamier Penguin, nsmsd WUlkm Goon, fell overboard just After Ibo steamer left the Aksro* whsrf yesterday afternoon. A life buoy was thrown him, but tba man did not avail himssH of it, and wsa drownsd before help reached him PArtienlan of Iba aocidsnt are given in the report of tba procetdbffa at Anne yesterday. IXTXAOOZAXISX WU7UI EXOIAXOB,— The folMwiagiaformalkn baa been received: — M Tbmeday: In Iba South of Australia, moderate sooth-eart windsteevadi New South Walee, Hgbt aorth-wsat | and lbs* mania, moderate eouui-west. Tbawsethrt is eenerally fine, and the banmater Is —al Partlsnc, 29S j Ptobsrt, SS*S j Sydney, jm*

%]isiTimxT Dat. During the Chty presented quite a descried appear* anoe, The plotiona weather induced qnite to exodus of exeurekmiste. Tram out were crowded t the railways wet* well patroolced, and vehicle! of evsey deecvipliaa *»• re* nuisitumod. For the Snl lime on an Anal* weary Day, the w joy-belle " rarg cot right merrily j and even below rnubday it «u apparent that the great popular gaUMnsg In Hoflev Perk would bo at brawl it well *l* tended u oo any former occasion. AcciDWP* At WKKA Pass,*-Ywtmisy. as • parly of ladlaa and maUemea were proceed* inf through the W«b Pass, vhUo mskieg the deeceat of the rulfibf into the Weha creek to the north of the hotel, the break of the bom broke, and the home getting beyond the control of the driver ran againei the hand-rails of the bridge and upset the vehicle, the hoieee getting dear at once. The occupant* ware thrown out, but forte* eately were ad wrtcasJy hart, though two of the tadire were rather out- about the .face, and stunned. Tx« Ssmturr os Oxana av ana Osasi.—At the lad meeting of the Banka P*nimula Farmers* dab, isaglby rep-ft* were road oo the subject of the aMpnwal of eheoee by the Orart. It appear* that the shipper* were ad satisfied with the account •alee Mat in by the Hew SMaad lou and Meroaatlie Agency Company, id got Mr U’Oregor, accountant, to report on the eob* |ecl. According to that gentleman** dde» meal, much of lie apparent confusion in the individual account mm reeulted from the way in which the freight had been levied. Be proceeded to my s—“ lb# gram mult of the shipment In cash i* MS3$ 111 41. equal I® I'M pace per lb, and the pm char*** ate ffiit ft*, equal to 1-88 pence per lb, or a pretl balance of ISO 16* ed, equal, to Odd pence pr lb. The credit tabular datameat shoe* a balance of AW Si Id to the good, but from tMe ha* In be deducted a pm ml* amount of mifctd chat*** far maria* IwttnuMva end cablegrams In Lyttelton account, vim, At? 10* Id. ieaviog a balaoee of ltd profit of 180 18* 4d. The debtor statement show* a lot* of fit! I8»8d, and to thi* ba* to b* added M ll>* Od, ita promotion of the above in* •nm«ce and cablegram#, which make the loUl low M 9 If* N. having an avail* ah!» btlaae* far dirldba without oof* lecliog the above loawe of f3Q 1&* 41 a# tdal credit, I have eow respectfully to suggest, subject to the reproval of lh« t'lwb, tha* the above credit babtwe be divided atnoegtt the 84 cvedll shipper* »re ml* leprewntiug 40.86»1bs cheese, the diviaion would amount to 0000 pence, or nearly the tenth of a penny per lb. Should the S 3 debtor shipper*, repreeeatleg UMMMbe, pay up their delcieocy of ESO 17* Bd, there would remain an available balaacecf JSOlisfer divUlon amongst the credit ekippere, or 084 pen e, nearly a faithtec per A further •um of 117 8s 7d waa allowed by the Company in consequence of a dismpwacy, found out after the original account ban been made up, bringing the credit balance to £BB 3» lid. Some diaeuuion followed the reading of the report, in the courea of which Mr Barnett, *en., eaki that he waa not surprised at the mult of the shipment when he Mud it, He wae on board the Orart ehotlly before the •ailed, aad found wool waa «ntw *a ho packed all round the chamber in which the cbecec m. Knowing the effect of wool on ebeeae in a veeed e hold, he had tried to gel hie cbewe ashore again, ae h* felt certain that the wool would so rail* the bsmperatuw t* to tpoa U, He was 100 lair, however. «nd had to let il go, much to hk regret. Fventoaltv the meeting virtually accepted Hr M'QMggX'. teptMrt. mu, in the wovda of the President «{ the Club, '‘aocepted their disappointment with a good grass/*

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Cotnmxn Csicxcss n*ross turt ass BaXOMID. lbs Tiumrrn rs*ka» ssryy over lb* vki*ritoi«* el :b« WaOm elsclioo, rsjoirint S*«»<rwb*t pn r.atcrtiy, a* It turns out, si Mr Gstiiifs «appo«*d aaini. M fb* noirin cl the Opposite dteton” be writes, **to get tbrir In have resulted in the retara of an e-*£tU*ct member, who would have b*«a mdly euai«d from the Bouse. Mr Henry Utwt is a TorkaMtsiSAD by birth, but a Coloc:aI by nature, a geauine nttbr, who be* a lets* experience of lbs country asl has profited by it by the aid of quick, istsliigf at ae<l u.serring oosimoa secs*. He u very popular iu the Bouse, and on oecaekss, has rendered valuable service as *n siira Whip. Be it commonly known «• **i mt with A Hi/ to disriogtnrb bi n frwst * r»t with a G’—that being the manner is w bm a csftatß rtenhmas msmber from (be W«t Cowt aTAriably oailed out the ns**.** of Mr Bin* and Mr Bunt respectively. wh*u Ac'tag ae teller in a divisktu. As ell three of these members have now been re-sleetad, * Int with A Hi* will no doubt be a bou«»h>.d word a tbanaw PkriosMst as it wsa in the last. We know srtbl&f about Mr Daukt, who has hjeS bis seat through bis supporter*’ folly, but we Gunk it safe to my that hi* b«e u A train te the country «a well as to the Miaiatry. The last eeuleoce is quite ehaneteristio of the Sirmld.