NEWS OF THE DAY.
One Parker has been arrested on sus.of being' .a fellow-burglar with Bloomfield, in Auckland. At the sale of the Opua .estate, near Kaiafioi, comprising 1027 acres, nearly £25,000 was realised. Dr Hooper |has been fined Is and costs fnr not reporting a case of scarlet fever to the Auckland Board of health. One hundred thousand new shares in the National Insurance Company will he issued,immediately. The rifle champion, Corporal Hutchinson and his comrades in arms were entertained by the Dunedin Volunteers at a banquet last night. : w - : Thanks to the smartness of - the Post Office officials and others, the Frisco mail will probably be down here,by Express on Monday 1 instead' of Tuesday.
There are three Ministers now at the Waiwera hot springs together, probably 'taking’ warm baths to prepare themselves Tor Parliamentary Work, 1
’ A former Timaru cleric, the Rev. Mr EdwardS, has been appointed' to conduct services in St. Thomas’ Mission Church, '&u6klanai ■
'The Customs Department have made a concession. They have constituted the Exhibition building a bonded warehouse. Duty will only be, charged, on, goods, in’tbfaded for sale.’
. The University Senate cannot make .both ends meet. Their estimated revenue ioi the, coming year is £3520, but. their. expenses will be £3585. , it ; has therefore been resolved,-to set matters .right by increasing the degree fees, and those pay-, able-by graduates .applying for admission ad eundcm yradum. . ..
The Christchrirch Licensing Committee have expressed their determination 10 discourage, and if possible suppress, houses where only a bar trade was carried on, and a disposition shown to exclude visitors. There aremany such, and they constitute a genuine nuisance,, ( -
Charles Burmeister, proprietor of a wellknown salon mx huitrcs, near the Theatre in Christchurch having been found to be keeping rogues and vagrants, as well as oysters' about his premises, has withdrawn from business temporarily, being engaged to db hard labor for one month for Her Majesty. •;■■■ ■ "
A contemporary says“ Dr Frankish, a member of the Christchurch Acclima- ■ tisation Society, and who, if not frank, is i at least outspoken, advocates the formation of a zoological collection in Hagley Park, one of the good effects of which, he says, : will be a diminution of larrikinism. In :speaking on this proposal at a recent meeting','Of the Society, he objected to ; certain unfavorable remWks made -by the 1 jlocal Press, and said that in the zoological 'collection of the future, he would, if he were alive, have a special cage provided for the incarceration of erratic ■How many of us are likely to sit 'ddwn to ’dinner in that comfortable retreat 1
: Two larrikins have Jbeen captured in ;Ohristchurch, and fined £lO or three months, the Bench promising to commit for trial any Others who might be brought [before them, and, exporting- the police to; leave no stone unturned to bring these ruffians to justice. It will never be able to be said of the New Zealand Bench, as it has been (and with too much truth) of the Australian Magistracy, that there actually exists on the Bench a sympathy with crime, which prevents'itS being stamped out. The evidence given yesterday showed that the two sco'uhdrdls ■in custody had savagely beaten a woman, .and broken a man’s jaw, so tha.t our ruffians are evidently graduating with honors in larrikinism. However, they may safely be left to Mr Beetham, in whom they will find no sentimental tjwaddler. ■ c,’ ' We predicted that our late much respected’RiM. would prove as much “ the right man in the right place” in Christ- ; church as he was in Timaru, and it appears it Has turned out as we expected. Mr Beetham has fixed the hour for civil cases at 11 instead of 10.30, after consultation with the Clerk of the Court and members of the Bar, and this is’generally understood to’be a much needed concession which the Bar had almost made up their minds to ask for. Mr IBeetham, however, with his usual sagaciity saw the thing at once, and acted. Local option have been put into very vigor ous operation in Sydney. A poll was taken, the other day, in accordance with the Act, and all the wards except one voted against any increase in the number of public houses, during the ensuing twelve months.
The “Tablet” gees in for a little sarcastic reflection on the alleged departure of the sovereignty of the sea from British hands, The“ Times” has been discussing the efficiency of the British navy as compared with some others in armament and speed, and' has spoken 'honestly in order to : stimulate naval energy, and on its remarks the “ Tablet” takes its stand, and proceeds to show that Britannia no longer rules the wave, which conviction appears to delight it exceedingly. It may bo so; but most people believe that British seamen would still give a good account of themselves in a naval engagement. The circumstances attending the death of Captain Brownrigg, of H.MX. Condon, ;iiford a recent instance of the survival of' all the traditional courage of the British tar. The “ Tablet ” will hardly he bold enough to deny that Britain has hold undisputed sovereignty over the seas, or that she has always exercised it for purposes of defence of herself, or of the weak against ttuTstrong.
There was a clean sheet at the B.M. Court this morning. ,■ • •
The systematic manner in which the work is carried on in the Breakwater construction is and igrdat credit on those at the head nf affairsi
What was locomotion for conveyances and pedestrians in the vicinity of the Railway Station has now become navigation, the removal of the station' causing’ a delightful confusion. . - | • A number of publicans yesterday applied to the Christchurch Licensing Bench' for an extension of the closing hour to 12 o’clock at night. The Bench could not, however, assist the worthy petitioners, having no discretionary powers and civilly told them so.
Some enterprising capitalists in London arc going into the frozen meat trade, and their plan of operations appears to be .a remarkably good one. It is .their, intention to send steamers to Sydney,’; Brisbane and perhaps New Zealand to receive on board fresh carcases which will be subjected to the freezing process on board.’ This will do away with the necessity for freezing; works ashpre. From the companies side of the question this looks well but the unemployed in the colonies will not regard it from that side. ;
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2797, 11 March 1882, Page 2
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