NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2764, 1 February 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr Bioham, Inspector of Police.-at ■.Christchurch,' having obtained six weeks’ leave, inspector Pender will take charge,of that district during his absence.’*;; '

The nor’-westers are reported to have done a great deal of damage to ripe crops in the Oamaru district. ~,

The New Zealand- Drug Company of Dunedin have produced tile necessary 50 tons of sulphuric acid to.enable them to claim the Government bonus of £SOO. i

At yesterday’s sitting of the Wesleyan Conference; at Christchurch, the Rev. W. Baumbcr stated that the special' Tararua fund-reached nearly £2OOO, and that Messrs C. W. Turner, W. Harris, and! H. Overton ha-1 been appointed trustees. Trustees will be appointed for the amount raised in Australia. The Conference neat year will be held at Auckland.

, = A,farmer named Gould, at Seacliff, Otago, was badly gored by a bull yesterday, and only managed to save bis life by crawling through a fence. The guard of a passing train saw the man lying bleeding and sent medical assistance to him from Palmerston.

At the [inquest on the bodies of Mrs H, Simpson and her sis children, who were burnt alive at West Eyreton, the jury after viewing the remains,' and taking evidence,’ said there was nothing to prove the origin of the fire, and an open verdict was returned.

The Cambridge murder or manslaughter cases are giving rise to curious circumstances. The parties charged arc Maoris, and • the cases have been adjourned so often that’ the Native friends' of the prisoners and witnesses are building pahs in the neighborhood to. stay in till they are settled. Counsel for the prisoners characterised the repeated adjournments as unfair to the Maoris, and the Bench has agreed to take, the cases ou the 7th iust.

At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Timber Company, Auckland, the report showed the profits for the year to be £9400. £BOOO is to be carried to ■ the reserve fund, and. the balance .to contingencies. At the half-yearly meeting of the Union Sash and Door Company, the report showed a net profit for the term of £14,033., A dividend at the rate of 171 percent absorbed £8440. £1374 was carried to the reserve fund, which now stands at £40,000. Mr j. W, Wilson was re-elected a Director. Owing to the Company having large orders to fulfil, carpenters and others were required to work ten hours a day. The men refused to do this unless extra pay for the extra hour’s time was allowed, which the manager would not accede to. The hands have gone out on strike to the number of from 100 to 170. ;

. The funeral of Maewai, the principal chief of the Wanganuis, took place yesterday and was attended by ;Mr Watt, M.H.R., the Mayor, Mr Booth, R.M., and a number of other European residents. He was 85 years of age, and for the last 40-years has been a consistent and powerful friend to the European. ,

At a meeting o£ the Christchurch Acclimatisation’ Society yesterday the Council decided to recommend to the Government that hares bo killed all the, year round in places where necessary, and that the season for killing nlsewhere be extended for five months. ,

At the Rangiora Court, a civil action was brought by the Manager of Railways against E. L. Wiggins, to recover Is, excess fare charged under the Railway Bye-law No. 9, for entering a train at a booking station, without purchasing .a ticket. The defendant procured a ticket, but declined to. pay the fine of a shilling, and allowed the case to go to Court to test the validity of the Bye-law. The Beubh gave judgment for "plaintiff for £1 7s and costs. King Tawhiao had an interview wilb the Premier yesterday and expressed to Him his. gratification at the kindness showu him at Auckland. He asked for a piece of laud at Helensville, Kaipara, where he could come down and reside occasionally. The Premier said he would ascertain if there were any Crown lands there suitable for the purpose, and give him an acre or so for a residence. He further said that Government had not interfered with ’the Kingites.so long as they chose to remain peaceable and isolated, but when they desired to have closer intercourse with Europeans, the- Government was ready with the hand of fellowship. Tawhiao, in reply, said his constant wish would be to bind the two races together, and in time all would come out right. About five o’clock yesterday evening the fire-bell gave notice of an outbreak of the “good servant, bad master,” The fife turned out to be in a stable at the upper end of Church street, and it was put out by the neighbors in a few minutes and before the Brigade, who mustered quickly, could reach the spot. . , The English cricketers played against twenty-two of Waikato at Cambridge yesterday, the match, being drawn. -The Twenty-two scored 44 and 53, and nine Englishmen 85 in one . Innings. Five of them’got “ ducks,” so,their innings may be inferred to have been curiously played. A ’man named Charles Townsend, formerly a resident of Camaiu, was received into the Waimate Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries received while driving a reaper and hinder in the harvest field. The horses took fright at something and shook him off the driving seat, one of the wheels passing over the upper part of his body, breaking his collar bone and some of his ribs.