NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2706, 21 November 1881, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

More burglaries are reported at Auckland.

Mr Wm, Bayley has been elected Mayor of New Plymouth without opposition. The Christchurch Agricultural and Pastoral Association have offered to grant Messrs Joubert and Twopeny the use of their grounds for their exhibition for six months for £4OO.

A private telegram received in Christchurch from Sir George Grey says, owing to the state of his health he is unable to fix the date of his visit to Canterbury.

A man named Walter Martin, in the employ of Richard Lancaster, a butcher in Ashburton, was charged with embezzlement on Saturday and remanded till Wednesday. Mr J. R. Clement is coming forward as a candidate for Waimate—the fifth in the field; the others being Messrs Steward, Manchester, Bateman, and Clarke. The Wellington police made a raid on a Chinese gambling house in Taranaki street on Saturday night, and arrested about a dozen Chinamen who were found playing fan-tan. Mr Stout has given his opinion that if persons entitled to be registered as electors under Sections 7 and 8 of the Registration Act of 1879 send in claims, the Registrar must, after fifteen days, register them if he thinks the statement of qualification true, notwithstanding the writs having been issued.

At the Timaru Court this morning, before T. W. Hall and E. G. Stericker, Esqs., J.P’s,, two men were charged with being drunk and disorderly. One was dismissed with a caution, the other was fined 10s. Rupert Parry, driver of a licensed carriage, was fined 10s for breach of clause 22 of Borough by-law No. 8, by driving at other than a walking pace over a certain street crossing.

At the conclusion of Dr Fisher’s meeting on Saturday evening, Mr David Anderson, a wheelwright at the Point, was inveigled into holding a second meeting and giving his views on current political topics. He spoke for some time, and with such earnestness and deliberation that the audience did not get the amusement they anticipated, but judging from the uproarious applause and laughter during the asking of questions afterwards, either Mr Anderson or the questioners made some fun for them.

The special parade of the C Battery will be held at 7.30 this evening, half an hour earlier than was previously fixed. The alteration is made in case the contingent who went to the front should return by this evening’s train. There is some uncertainty about it but the probabilities are that the men will not be down till tomorrow. A telegram has been received in town notifying the departure of the Hineraoa from Picton at 5 p.m. yesterday, but the message did not state whether the vessel was going round by Wellington or not.

A case came before the Court this morning which should be of interest to drivers of vehicles in rown, as conveying some information or reminding them of something they may have forgotten. This was a prosecution for breach of clause 22 of By-law 8, part of which runs, “ No driver of any vehicle shall drive the same at other than a walking pace across the crossings situated at the intersection of George street with the Main North Road.” It is evident from tie manner in which vehicles are commonly driven across the intersections of the streets named, that this regulation is not generally known, or is generally ignored.

Liberty amounts to no more than this — That we have the liberty to act when we have the power. Is the willing to do a certain action the result of any previous circumstance If so, the circumstance governs the will. Splendid variety of white Oxford and regatta shirts, cheap, at J. Strachan’s, — (Advt.)