NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2930, 16 August 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

'Sir Julius Vogel leaves Melbourne on the 22nd or 29th Inst. ; “Now Baylon” is condemned by the i Christchurch papers as * rubbish.’

Messrs Fraser and Tinnie, ironfounders .Auckland, have dissolved partnership. The steamer Australia takes from Sydney rto Frisco £67,650 worth of gold.

The BeV. D. Buddock will deliver an .•address in St. Mary’s Church this evening ■on the Melanesian mission work.

An inquiry into the fire at Mr Lyle’s 'watchmaker’s shop in the Main South IRoad will be held at the Courthouse do morrow at 10 a.m.

No. 1 Company Temuka Rifle Volunteers have contributed £6 Is to the Timaru Belief Fund.

The congregation of the Upper Fareora Wesleyan Church have succeeded in procuring the funds for the purchase of on organ for the Church, and Miss Jefcoate has given her services as organist, gratuitously. The Committee desire to thank the ladies and gentlemen who gave their services at the late concert in aid of the organ fund, and those who so liberally subscribed towards its cost.

A solid bed for the railway bridge cylinder at the Waikato river, has been found at a depth of 82 feet. Mr Miller attended a recent meeting of the Fort Chalmers Borough Council, and he became so obstructive that ho had to be removed by force. A man named Evans got two months yesterday in Lyttelton, for assaulting a Chinaman.

Mr Pickering goes Home via ’Frisco, from Auckland, to buy machinery for the Union Soap, Candle and Oil Company

It is understood that informations will be (or have been) laid against certain Timaru publicans for supplying liquor on Sunday.

Mr J. M. Clark, Mayor of Auckland, promises £SOO towards the erection of an art gallery in that city. The resident of Gore, who recently took out a protection order against himself, returned to tippling a few days after. Mr Alfred Thompson, solictor, of Christchurch, is the missing professional. He has left by the 'Frisco boat, and stole a march on bis sorrowing friends.

Archibald Forbes contrasts the snpineness of England with the energy of Germany in military affairs. Had the Germans had the Egyptian difficulty on hand, Arabi would have beeen hanged, German sentries posted all through the country, and the towns blown to smithereens.. Judging by the Franco-Prussian war, it is probable Ur Forbes is right. Mr John Smith, of Auckland, owner of Maid of Honor, Tim Whiffler, and other horses, died yesterday, A large apiary has been started at Matanata (Auckland) by Mr J. O. Firth. 300 hives will be ready by September. An oysterman the other day claimed from the Parnell Borough Council, fees for reporting two cases of measles in his own family. The Council declined the application, such fees being payable only to medical men,

James William Ellis, a conivct, who was sentenced at the last criminal sessions to 12 years penal servitude and two floggings of 30 lashes each, for a felonious assault on a child in Wairarapa, received his first whipping at the gaol this morning, in the presence of Captain Hume, Inspector of Prisons. The punishment is said to have been very severe. It was richly deserved however.

An analysis of Garrick Range antimony ore, received from as follows : —“ Antimony, 64 per cent; gold none; silver, trace.” This is highly satisfactory, as it represents nearly the maximum of purity. The first accident involving personal injury on the Invercargill tramway system occurred yesterday, when Christina Jansen, a servant at the Gladstone Hotel, made an attempt to jump on a moving car. She fell and the car passed over her leg, causing such “serious injuries that it is feared amputation will have to be resorted to.

The estimated cost of the plant for lighting Lyttelton by electricity is £14,000, and the cost of maintenance per year £437 10s. The cost of lighting it at present is £BOO a year for gas and kerosene. The Borough Council had a conference with the Harbor Board on the subject, but no arrangement was come to, the Council seeming rather shy of taking np the matter seriously.