NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2727, 16 December 1881, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Timara Harmonic'Sooieiy’s private concert, held in the Theatre Royal last evening was well attended and passed off very successfully. The late I)r Gumming of Temuka wan buried yesterday with military and other honors.

Messrs W. Collins and Co will sell a number of greyhounds to-morrow.

An election to fill the seat of Messrs Moody and Macintosh on the Levels Road Board—they retiring by effluxion of time —will be held on Jan. 3. The retiring members are eligible for re-election.

Tenders are invited for furnishing shunting horses and drivers for the Timaru wharf Jand railway station. Particulars can be learned from the station master.

A very successful soiree, tea and concert, was held at the Point, in Murphy’s assembly rooms, on Wednesday evening, to raise funds to purchase bells for St Albans (Anglican) Church there, £27 being realised. The tea tables were liberally supplied and well patronised, for the concert the room was crowded. The Bov Mr Welsh presided, and a number of local ladies and gentlemen assisted by friends from Temuka, carried out a long programme of musical selections. The concert was wound up with a dance by a good many of those present.

At the conclusion of the trial of John King yesterday, a civil case, National Bank v. C. D. K, Ward, claim £IOOO, was commenced before a special jury. No evidence was called, counsel having arranged that certain points be agreed to and further trial proceeded witjh in Banco, at Christchurch. The Court adjourned till 10.30 a.m. to-morrow.

The Secretary of the Friendly Sodt^ 60 ’ Anniversary Committee directs the atten" tion of intending competitors to an advertisement in another column. 'We are informed that the proceedings on Boxing Day will be much enlivened by the presence of a large number of Oddfellows and Foresters from Waimatc and other districts, who, with their banners, will join the procession.

The Waimate Horticultural Society hold

their annual Show in the school room on Boxing day.

The English mail via., San Francisco should reach Timaru by either middey or evening train to-morrow.

Thomas Bamfield, the Boatswain on the Lady Jocelyn now in Lyttelton, had the misfortune to get his leg broken below the ankle by the tow-line carrying away the chock through which it led when the ship was being towed up to an anchorage.

The total railway receipts from the railways of the colony for the four weeks ended Nov. 12, were £64,538, and 60 per cent of -that amount was expended upon the lines.

The Waimate School Committee have voted for Mr Walcot as member of the Education Board. The Christmas holdidays of the school were fixed from the 24th inst. to Jan 30th; prizes will be distributed on the 23rd.

An entertainment will be given by a number of local amateurs, of admitted skill, in the Theatre Royal this evening, and we are sure that it will deserve extensive patronage. The prices of admission are very low indeed. A quantity of hickory nuts were brought over by the last mail steamer. It is to be hoped they will grow. Major Te Wheoro was declared duly elected for the Western Maori District yesterday by a large majority. Speculation in shares has been active lately at Hokitika. The Greymouth people are making preparations to “ receive ” the Christchurch Commission of examination on the East and West Coasts railway line when they get through. Good ochre has been found in Lyttelton.

Government have accepted the Westport Coal Company's tender for 30,000 tons of coal for locomotive use during 1882, to be delivered in various ports in the colony, A man named Archibald Watson, residing at Woodhaugh, was killed on Wednesday night by a tree he was felling falling on him. At the R.M. Court, Waimate, yesterday, before R. Beetham, Esq., R.M., Richard Southby was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment for deserting his wife and three children in August, 1880, and ordered to pay 12s 6d a week to their support. Souchby had £5 on him when, arrested, Two boys were summoned for fruit stealing, but one of them having “ bolted ” when he heard of the summons, a warrant is to he sent after him, and the case was adjourned. Four persons were fined for allowing cattle to wander in the Borough, Two civil cases were dealt with, in one case the parties had settled their dispute, and judgment given by consent; the other was withdrawn on the recommendation of the Bench.

At a meeting yesterday morning of the Committee appointed to assist Messrs Joubert and Twopenny in connection with the projected International Exhibition at Christchurch, it was reported that a building will be erected somewhat in the form of a Maltese cross, 600 ft long each way. with avenues 1511 in width. A site for the exhibition had been obtained on the Papanui road, shout one and a-half miles from Christchurch, free. The agent for the promoter stated that all the space for England, America, and Europe would be fully occupied, and that thirty applications had already been received for space for New Zealand exhibits.

Christmas Holidays.—H. Coxhead, having secured the services for the Xmas holidays, of Mr Gamble, for many years head operator with Mr Cherrill, Photographer, Christchurch, is now perpared to execute with despatch, first-class photographs at from 12s 6d per doz. A large assortment on hand of Photographic Views and Frames suitable for Christmas presents.— [Advt,]