NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2908, 21 July 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The city tramway company in Auckland will be proceeded with at once. The Exhibition building is now nearly cleared, and continual auctions are going on.

At Cromwell, on Wednesday night, there was an earthquake, with rumblings and tremor.

For the seizure of Epiha and Pakara, Sergeant McGovern gets £lO and the capturing partv £6 each,

One James Young, died suddenly on Wednesday night at Auckland, from excessive drinking.

Bishop Selwyn came over from Norfolk Island to Auckland, by the Southern Cross, arriving yesterday. The Timarn Harbor Board and High School Bills have passed through Committee with slight amendments,

The North Canterbury Board of Education intend appointing an architect at £350 per annum, and travelling expenses.

C. H. Saunders, arrested on the charge of embezzlement from Mr Young, baker, was brought to Timarn yesterday, from Oamaru.

Ben Allah opens to-night at the Theatre. It is hardly nec-’ssary to say anything to recommend his entertainment to anybody who has seen it once.

A German scientist, Dr Schmidt, has arrived at Auckland by the City of Sydney, He intends making a tour of the Colony for the purpose of scientific investigation,

The following persons have been removed from the Timaru gaol to Lyttelton gaol: John Thomas Healey, Mark Bishop, John Ford, and William Christie, alias Cruikshank.

Those who attended the late coursing meeting, recognise with pleasure, the completeness of the arrangements made by the club and its indefatigable secretary, to ensure success.

The Timaru Steam Collier Company have taken decided action. Their first boat will in terms of their resolution, arrive here within a short time. Or Jacksaid very truly the place was starving for want of industries.

Dr DeLautour has been handed the adze which Mr Willet received from Beattie the. other day, and which the former thought had blood on it. The doctor’s report on It will be anxiously looked forward to.

The operations of the Auckland Union Sash and Door Company yielded during the past six months a net profit of £13,000. An interim dividend of 100 per cent per share has been declared, consuming £IO,OOO. The balance of £3OOO was passed foward.

The Nelson College Governors, after a long consideration, have selected Miss Kate Edgar, M.A., out of 16 applicants, as Lady Principal of the now Girls’ College, to be opened in January. They also selected Miss Lillian Edgar, M.A., out of 13 applicants, for the post of assistant teacher.

During the last month sixteen children have been committed to the Dunedin Industrial School, in not one ease of which has an order for maintenance been made. Even when orders arc made there is the greatest difficulty in enforcing them. One man was sued for £BO, back

His Worship the Mayor of Christchurch forwarded to the Mayor of Timaru today a cheque for £B4 16s, subscriptions collected by him in aid of the Timaru Relief Fund.

The commencement of building operations in connection with the new Railway Station is only delayed by the non-arrival of certain timber. The moment this comes to hand it is stated that (he work will be put in hand.

There is a matter in connection with the Court in this town in which somebody in power ought to look after. It is that in consequence of the lowness of the chimneys, on 'a windy day thcjflrcs are nearly extinguished in the grates and the room is filled with smoke, The shivering and woebegone appearance of the officials nnder the trying circumstances ought to melt the heart of the Minister of Justice

An. influential meeting was held at Messrs Gillies, Street and Bislop’s offices, Dunedin, yesterday afternoon to arrange preliminaries in connection with working the city tramways by means of a Limited Liability Company. A Committee was formed to examine the proprietors' proposals, and to report in a fortnight. The case against Messrs Neill and Park, whose recognisance sin the ease of the defaulter McKcllar are threatened to bs estreated, was further adjourned at the Police Court yesterday. The Resident Magistrate expressed bis opinion that in cases where an accused was likely to abscond the bondsmen could themselves legally arrest him. It is stated that a representative of an English syndicate, who is seeking for investments, yesterday bought 500 shares in the Wellington-Manawata Railway Company at par. It is believed the syndicate represents no less than £3,000,000.

The Government intend to hold a further sale of lands on the West Coast during the month of September next. The land to be disposed of on deferred payments, will be open at Hawera and Potea on September 6, while cash land will be sold by auction on September 8. A lively business is pending in Dunedin Presbyterian circles. Some backsliders have offered £IOOO to provide on organ for Knox Church, and a vote of the members will be taken as to the propriety of getting one. A good deal of opposition to the “ kisfc o’ whustles" is looked for.

Mr W. Swanson, M.H.8., has presented to the Wellington Museum miscellaneous samples of Auckland manufactured glassware. The samples consist of water bottles, jogs, confectionery jars, stained claret jags, hyacinth, glasses, globes, ordinary tumblers, and pint and half-pint mugs. The articles are exceedingly well finished, and can scarcely bo detected from the imported articles.