NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2899, 11 July 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Hero took away from Hokitika yesterday 4308. ounces of gold.

Mr Montgomery was yesterday re-eleoted Chairman of the Canterbury College Board of Governors.

Since June 17, 5200 persona have visited the Christchurch Museum, chiefly on Sundays.

A “prohibited” man from Lyttelton went up to Christchurch, got drunk, was run in, and fined £l,

The Mayor of Oamaru has forwarded £8 8s as the subscription of the Harbor Board to the Timaru Relief Fund.

A mission has been held in Christchurch by Bishop Sargent and the Bev, H. B, Macartney, which was largely attended.

The new dredge is now doing good work at the Dunedin bar. There were 19 feet at low water on Saturday.

The Gas Committee of the Dunedin City Council recommend that the services of Mr Genever (Gas Engineer) be dispensed with. The exports of grain from the Bluff of late have been enormous, and there is now enough lying there to load twelve 1000 ton ship.

Grave anxiety is felt as to the fate of the barque Lohengrin, 135 days from Liverpool, and the barquentine Sirocco, r a 43 days from Newcastle (N.S.W.) The Christchurch City Council hare refused to allow their officers to act as inspectors, for the new society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

Thirteen Christchurch publicans have been mulcted in nominal penalties, for not keeping lights burning in front of their houses all night.

J, and W. Staples’ stables at their brewery in Wellington, were yesterday destroyed by fire. The fire was accidental and the premises were insured for £250.

A man named John Penny met with rather a serious accident at Messrs Sberratt and Co.’s sawmills, Geraldine, on Saturday last. He is, however, rapidly recovering.

The Poultry and Canary Asssociation hold their first annual exhibition tomorrow, in Messrs Maclean and Stewart’s auction rooms, The entries received are very numerous, and an excellent exhibition will most probably be the result,

After considerable delay in the construction of the Harbor works, consequent on the damage done to the loose blocks by the heavy sea in May last, the contractors have succeeded in completing another monolith. It is to be hoped the work will now be .pushed on more expeditiously, and that the plan of laying long lengths of loose blocks will be considerably curtailed. A miserable looking puny man in Wellington the other night was suddenly seized with a mania for violence. He began by making a row in the neighborhood, then proceeded to beat his wife, yelling out the most horrible language. The city missionary mildly begged him to desist, whereupon he knocked that gentleman down forthwith. Ho afterwards expressed contrition, and blamed the “ one glass too many.”

The police bell rang out about six o’clock last night, and was answered by the bit of cracked metal at the Town Hall. The sound given forth resembled that obtained by kicking the bottom of a saucepan. Yet this is the town fire bell. If it is not a disgrace to the Council to allow such a wretched abortion to do duty for a bell, the public would bo glad to know what the Council consider a disgrace. A Vienna Jew, being “ very hard up,” skecdaddled during the excitement that followed the burning of the Bing Theatre, having arranged;a little comedy with his wife. She went about the city bewailing the loss of her husband by fire, and actually got a good sum of money collected. All the time the poor Jew was lyi ngjperdu at a neighboring village. The faithful wife has been arrested.

The Waterloo Cup . contest for which there are forty dogs entered takes place on the Levels estate on Tuesday next. , The public will he admitted to the coursing ground on payment of Is for pedestrians and 2s Gd for horsemen. The Geraldine Ploughing Match will take place on August 4." There is to be a class for double furrow ploughs; a class for siugld furrow ploughs; and a boy’s double furrow class. A son of Mr Breakwell, Milford, while playing with a pistol on Saturday, accidently shot his brother in the face. It is feared that ; the boys sight has been permanently destroyed. A workman on the Otipua estate, near Timaru has just had a narrow escape from being gored to death by a bull. The annimal knocked him down, but he had the presence of mind to seize the infuriated beast by the ring in its nose and throw it on its back.|lt fell on him and he was considerably bruised, but he managed to get out of its way before it could do much damage to him with its horns. The usual weekly session of the English Lodge Victory, No. 421.0.G.T., was held last evening in the Foresters’ Hall. There was a good attendance of members, the chair being occupied by Bro Thomas Tichbon W.C.T. One candidate was proposed for membership, and one initiated. A Degree Lodge was afterwards formed, when two members were admitted to the Degree of Fidelity.