South Canterbury Times. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1879. NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Volume XV, Issue 2066, 6 November 1879, Page 2

South Canterbury Times. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1879. NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Timaru Cricket Club call for tenders for the keeping in order of the during these-son of 1879 80. English news to hand, states states that the Home Press approves of an Anglo* Turkish Convention. A special to the “ Globe ” states that Secundus, the Cup favorite, was blocked out of the race. Yesterday in the House of Representatives the motion tabled to the effect that the House sit on Mondays, was withdrawn. Yesterday before the Resident Magis• trate, at Temuka, a first offender, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was fined 6s. . Cable advices state the price of admxs* sion to the Sydney Exhibition has been fixed at an unifotm rate of one shilling. The absent members of the Harbor Board at its ordinary monthly meeting held to-day, were Messrs Sutter, Evans, K. F, Gray, Moody and Hall. The members of tha Timaru Rocket Brigade are summoned to attend a special parade to be held to night, at eight o c'ock. An extensive case of larceny will pro 1 bably occupy the attention of the R.M.S Court on the 17 th iust In the information the defendant is charged with the larceny of a pint of milk valued 2d, Mr T. Hall, whilst riding through the Main North road to'day, was thrown from his horse, but fortunately escaped none the worse of his fall. '1 he cause of the animal’s becoming restive was two street ours yelpfl iug and snapping at its feet, i

To*day at the Resident Magistrate's Court, before J. H. Sutter. Fsq, J.P., two first offenders, charged with inebriacy and lunacy from drink, were dismissed. A charge of larceny of beer to the value of £l, was remand for investigation by the R.M. tomorrow.

The householders in the proposed new school district of St Andrews, held a meeting last evening, when seven householders were elected and the boundaries of the district, as fixed by the Board of Kduca 1 tion, accepted. As the land required for the school buildings is own d by the N. Z. and A.L. Co. it was decided to ask a grant of the same from the Company. The Engineer to the Harbor Board at to-day’s meeting, stated that he had stopped the deposit of earth to the N orth of the Landing Service, and had given in* structions for it to be tipped where it would not be washed away. We understand 215 invitation to the com* memoration banquet, to be held to‘morrow, have been issued, and that Mr Jonas has obtained the permission of the Commis • sioner of Railways to hold the banquet in the railway goods shed. Should the weather prove fine nothing will be wanting to ensure success.

The quarterly meeting of the Lifeboat Lodge, 1.0.G.T., will be held at 7.30 tomorrow evening The business will be the installation of officers, election of District Deputy and Grand L dge representativesThe soiree and ball in conection with the local Loyal Orange Lodge, No 13. held in the Mechanics Institute last evening was a decided success, about 300 persons being present. Mr G. L. Statham presided at the piano in hia usual efficient manner and gave every satisfaction. the Committee deserve great credit for the orderly manner in which ihe|who'e affair was carried out. The general manager’s report in connec tion wi'h the Government Landing Scr vice, read at the Harbor Board meeting to' day, showed that during the month of October 1398 tons of cargo were shipped and discharged by the Service. All the boats are now in working order. The Match Committee of the Timaru Cricket Club, last evening, arranged the list of players to participate in the match Colonials v. English to be played on Saturday, and a list of which is as follows: English : M. Godby, A. Godby, Hamersley. Fraser, Knubley, Lindsay, Cook, Seaton, Neilson, Squires, Clissoid, Mea»on, Wright, Jones, and Bristol. Colonials : B undell, Fowler, D’Eraden, A. Perry, 0. T. H. Perry, C. Ferry, Mansfield Reid, White. Craig, Miles, Lough, and W, King. Play will commence at 2 o’clock sharp, as It is intended to finish the match in two days. As exemplifying the promptitude of the Press Agency in supplying its subscribers with the latest news, even though the event occurs in the town in which the journal is published, we produce the following teiegram considerately wired us for the information of the limaru public, and received yesterday, viz :—“ Timaru —The first vesselh-s come alongside the break, water, unloaded, ballasted, and was hauled off again. There is 14ft of water alongside of 150 ft of the breakwater, which is of general solidity. Next Friday a grand banquet will be he’d on the breakwater in honor of the event ” We may state that full information of the fa ~ts contained in yes • terday’s telegram were published by us on Tuesday. There was a good attendance at the Theatre Royal last evening, at the benefit of Mr Fisher and fin d appearance of the Comedy and Burlesque Company. The programme provided was a lengthy and excellent one, the interest throughout the piece in no instance being permitted to flag. 1 he “ Australian Blondin ” the benificaire perforformed very successfully on the wire rope and the portion of the entertainment contributed by Timaru amatuers proved a principal item of interest. Mr G. Statham did not, although advertised to do so, give a pinoforte solo. as owing to a previous engagement he was unable to be present at the performance. The Company proceeded North under the management of Mr Hoskins.

The widow of Charles IT, Grand Duke of Parma, who abdicated in 1849 in favor of his brother, died near Lucca, in July. A telegram from Pesth, Hungary, says : In consequence of the continued high water, Szeg din cannot be rebuilt this year. The inhabitants will live in wooden bar - racks next, winter.

The Quebec Legislature, by 27 votes against 25. has rejeced a motion of the Pemier, MrJoly, to reprimand a member for calling the Treasurer a liar in the course of a debate, and refusing to retract. The Berlin correspondent of the “ Standard ” telegraphs that another German naval disaster has occurred. The corvette Freya had just left Batavia to return home, when her boiler burst through not being properly supp'ied whh water Four men were scalded to death, and several more or less injured. Dr Charles M. Cresron, of Philadelphia, has invented a megoscope. or instrument for detecting forgeries. The genuine and spurious signature are put in the instrument and the two thrown on a screen before the jury, and the story is told at once. The peculiar arrangement of the light and screen enables the examiner to discover the surface of the paper through the ink, so that patching or shading or painting of letters becomes evident the instant it is brought under the focus of the

megoscope. Unless they are greatly sinned against, the purchasers of the Piako Swamp made a very good bargain out of their purchase. The price paid for it is stated to have been trifle over £ 13.000. It has been valued for land tax purposes at £2OO 000, and for purposes of general taxation (so far as We can uuders'and our telegram) at £126 180. The year’s land land tax, at one halfpenny in the pound will therefore amount to one. third of the original purchase price.— Exchange. , “A few evenings ago/’ says “Vanity Pair.’’ “Lord Sydney, Lord Salisbury, Lord Dufferin, and Lord Sarcington, were assembled together, when they were asked by a lady which of them had told the greatest number of lies in his life. Lord Sydney at once replied that he had never told any, upon which Lord Salisbury re marked, reflectively, that it was his and Dufferin’s trade to tell lies. 'he lady then said, ‘ Count Schouvaloff declares that he never told a lie in his life.’ Upon this Lord Hartington observed, solemnly , ‘ Ah! he has never yet grasped the meaning of the word,’ ”