South Canterbury Times, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1881. NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2438, 11 January 1881, Page 2

South Canterbury Times, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1881. NEWS OF THE DAY.

It may be noted as a sign of the times, that Charles Ruddle, a clergyman’s son in the North Island, has been appointed a judge’s associate. The little girl Austin, who had her head, leg, and arm, crushed by a tramcar at Christchurch on November 9th, has much to the surprise of all, completely recovered. The arm had to be amputated.

£IB,OOO, which capitalised would yield £IOOO a year, and save many a wretched family from poverty and its consequences, has just been squandered in adding a new wing to the Auckland Lunatic Asylum.

War has been declared between the Auckland School Committee and Education Board. The rnnaun brill is the city school, which the board want as a training establishment for teachers but which the Connnitcc refuse to surrender.

A prisoner for debt in Addington gaol, named Monis, aged SO, died of apoplexy yesterday. A day or two ago some claimant to property in his possession took the roof oif his house, and this preyed on the man’s mind it is said.

The Dunedin “Morning Herald ” which divides with the “ Tablet ” the honor of being the Homan Catholic organ of New Zealand, strongly denounces the tactics of the Irish Land League, and approves of the Pope’s letter condemning the present agitation. The “Herald” has evidently for saken the Bishop in order that it may cleave to Mis Holiness.

A Kumara cooper was seated a few days ago on a hogshead of XXX at Ruga’s brewery when (says the “Times”) the barrel exploded, the head being blown to pieces, and Uicun'ortunate cooper received more of the contents than was good for any man, even at this festive season. The need lent is attributed to the unusual strength of the “ Christmas brew.”

An individual professing to be travelling for the firm of “ Milligan and Co., Dunedin,” is reported by the Arrow paper to have been apprehended on Thursday on a charge of obtaining money under false pretences. He had been travelling through the country getting orders for clothes, always obtaining a deposit, but his dupes appear in no case to have heard any more about their suits. The ease of an insolvent named Arthur O’Neil formerly carrying on business in Laurence, Otago, is a painful one. Some months ago O’Neil was convicted of fradulcnt bankruptcy but a point was reserved for the Court of Appeal. Pending its settlement O’Neil has been detained in gaol. The result is that Mrs O’Neil has died broken hearted, the rest of the family have been sent to the Industrial school and last of all O'Neil’s sufferings have culminated in madness and he awaits in gaol the necessary order for his transference to the lunatic asylum. So much for the law’s delays and the ruin of a family.

Mr Bryce tendered Ids resignation yesterday to the Premier as Native Minister. It is understoo I be has done this in consequence of the Cabinet declining to accept his advice that immediate active measures should be adopted towards Fa rib aka and To Width He parts with his colleagues on perfectly friendly terms. Their reasons for refusing to adopt his policy is that they are pledged to Parliament to endeavor to cany out the Beport of the West Coast Commissioners before trying other measures. Mr Kolleston will probably take temporary charge of the Native Department, but nothing definite has been settled or even discussed by Ministers.

The Wymond bankruptcy case occupied the Supreme Court at Nclsou all Saturday and Monday. Application was made for the bankrupt’s discharge, and this was opposed ou behalf o£ the trustees, the creditors having passed a resolution that his discharge should be suspended for three years. They also applied that a prosecution should be directed on the ground that the debtor had removed the goods, and also by an incorrect balance-sheet had obtained advances in cash and goods. The Chief Justice, in effect, said that matters of alleged offences under the Fraudulent Debtors Act were proper subjects for consideration by a jury. Regarding the discharge, he said had there been no recommendation, it was a case where ho would postpone the discharge for a year, and as the creditors would have an opportunity of reconsidering the matter, he postponed the application for twelve months. The “ Crey River Argus” records the death by drowning in the Drey river on Dec 29 of Cornelius W. McFarland, aged between 7 and 8 years, a relative of Mr F. McArclle, of Timaru. The deceased was bathing with another boy when he got beyond his depth and sank. About 20 minutes elapsed before the body was re ceived and all attempts at restoring animation proved unavailing. At Wellington on Christmas Eve, the police took exception to the decorations outside the shops in Cuba and other streets, and ordered the removal of ferns and nikau palms which shopkeepers had gone to some trouble and expense to have placed against their verandah posts and other corners. The police considered these decorations obstructions, which should not be allowed to exist in a well-regulated community. The local papers were unanimous in declaring that this was carrying “ duty " to an absurd length.