NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2974, 6 October 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Lyttle has been re-arrested at Auckland on a charge of bigamy.

Captain Fairchild of the Stella, is stated to be dangerously ill at the Bluff. Mr P, Clayton, of Timaru, is to build the new church of St. Mary at Geraldine.

The Teacher’s Institute will meet tomorrow at the Public School, Timaru, at 11.30 a.m.

An emergency meeting of the members of St. John’s Lodge of Freemasons takes place this evening at 7.30 The first Poultry and Dog show at Wellington was well attended by the Public, and exhibits were numerous.

It has been decided not to hold any Coroner’s enquiry in connection with the recent fire at Lambton’s quay, Welling, ton.

The Union B.S. Company will issue return tickets at single rates to the wives of competitors at the Rifle Association meeting in next month.

A Reformatory and Home for fallen women, is to be established at Auckland. There is, of cash in hand £220, and land valued at £IOOO, both of which are avail* able for the purpose. Richard Polkinghorn and Adam Bmril, victims ofjthe Wade smuggling case, have received £IOO compensation for imprison* ment, and the expense to which they have been subjected. The Rev Samuel Edger of Auckland, who went Home some time ago, for the purpose of undergoing a surgical operation at the bands of Sir Henry Thompson, the eminent surgeon, is reported to have died.

At the B.M. Court, Hamilton, J. A. Douglas, proprietor of the Brunswick station, has been fined £3O for an assault on James Camp, proprietor of the Tamahem Hotel, and bound over to keep the peace for 6 months, in sureties of £2OO. Shipmasters in Auckland are much exercised by. the vagaries of refractory tars. The barque Rapido for London, lies at anchor, unable tn sail. Twelve seamen had shipped on board of her, but only one tamed up, and he was escorted on board by the police.

James Gordon Bennett’s wealth and his sensible lavishness have made the curious desirous of knowing what the true condition of his financial resources is. We learn from an authority that he is worth over £1,200,000, and there is no one to spend it on but himself. The “ New York Herald,” which is wholly his, is more valuable now than ever before. He is said to hare refused an offer of £BOO,OOO for it.

Mrs Nevill, a sister of the late Robert Wilson, editor of the “ Otago Witness,” whose sad fate at the Octagon fire is so well remembered, died very suddenly in Wellington on Saturday; She had (says the “ New Zealand Times”) for some time past been acting as housekeeper for her brother, Mr Wilson, draper, at his residence, opposite the Karori Hotel. At half past 8 o’clock on Saturday morning he found her lying in the passage and complaining of being very sick. He gave her some water, and she vomited freely, and then lay down on the sofa, where she went to sleep. At 3 p.m. she had not awakened, and Mr Wilson becoming alarmed, went for assistance, but two hours later she was found to be dead,

A peculiar and sad accident occurred at Hotham (Victoria) on the 12th. Arthur Huxley, aged ten years, with his cousin, Clarence Miller, and his sister, were playing soldiers. Y oung Huxley, assuming the character of Arabi Pasha, made a dash at his sister with a fork, when his cousin, as an English soldier, came to the rescue. Ho had a small knife in his hand, and in the play by accident stabbed little Huxley in the groin. The boy was removed to the Melbourne Hospital, where he lingered until the 17th, when he died. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict to the effect, that the wound was inflicted accidentally.

At the sale of the Rev. D. O. Hampton’s furui'uru at Kaiapoi, there were stolen a paten and cup used for sick-room communion. The number of nominations for immigrants, made at Dunedin during September was 264, of whom 46 were tingle men, and 112 single women. A special and ordinary meeting of the Harbor Board will be held on October 12, at 11a.m. to alter by-law 5, consider bylaw 6, and transact general business. New Switzerland, on the Georgia Airline railroad, is settled by Swiss colonists. Each family brought with them to Georgia from £4OO to £IOOO. The Napier Jockey Club have expressed much dissatisfaction with the working of the totalisator at Tuesday’s races. They intend making other arrangements in future.

At 7.30 this evening the friends of those who lost their lives on May 14, and of persons interested in the erection of a memorial stone in the Cemetery will be held in the Harbor Board office.

A meeting of shareholders of the South Canterbury Building and Investment Society will be held this evening at the Company’s office to elect an auditor, vice Mr E. H. Tate, deceased. The Port Chalmers electors will net "banquet” Mr Macandrew. They will give him a gold watch and chain. This must be for‘‘auld lang syne." for Jamie has done nothing startling of late.

The body of Archibald Macintyre (whose disappearance was recorded in our issue of last evening) has been found drowned in the Washdyke Creek behind the Meat works. The body lies at the Doncaster Hotel awaiting an inquest.

Mr Meyer, of Liverpool, proposes as a solution of the telegraph-wires problem, to have grooved slabs of earthenware or other suitable material, laid end to end, in which the naked wires shall be placed in grooves and run over with asphalt for insulation.

" The Electrical Review" states that it is the intention of the Edison Electric Light Company to proceed against the Swan Electric Light Company, on the ground that the Swan lamp is an infringement of the Edison patents. At the inquest on Derrant who was killed when returning from the Napier races on Tuesday, by failing between the carriages of a densely packed train, the jury unanimously censured the railway authorities for deficiency and laxity in their arrangements.

The judgment of the Court martial which, sat on July 12 at Berlin, to try Chief-pilot Meiling, of the Imperial Navy, for selling naval plans to Russia has been published. Meiling has been condemned for high treason to six years’ bard labor, and to dismissal from the navy. The immigration so far into Canada this year his been unprecedented. Thousands of farm hands have already arrived, and been eagerly sought after at good wages (from £35 to £4O per annum and “ found”), and thousands more are wanted. No less than 1000 were hired at Kingston in one week.

The annual sports at Obrists College yesterday were excellent, as usual. Mellish won the 200 yards handicap for old College boys, Palmer being second. A. H. Williams won the Challenge Cup for the greatest number of points at the College sports, 0. Hamilton being second.

The Dunedin Harbor Board tenants held a meeting yesterday, and carried a resolution setting forth the injustice done to them by the railway passenger station building not being proceeded with, as was understood when they purchased leases, and agreeing to urge on the Government the speedy prosecution of the work. The following adititional assessors have been appointed in the Waitaki Property Assessment District:—William Wills, of Temuka ; Andrew Carter, of Makikihi; John Bell, of St. Andrews; David Mitchell Boss, of Timaru ; James Ladder, of Wellington ; David McMaster, of Camara I Sylvanas Geo. Daniel of Queenstown; John Stewart Dickie, of Cromwell; and Geo. Taltche, of Clyde. r The following novel circular was recently sent round the Baloairn district in Canterbury :—“ Mr —— Are you satisfied with the progress made by your children during the time they have attended the Balcaim School 7 Yes. No. If sallied scratch out 1 No,’ if dissatisfied scratch out ‘ Yes,’ and return the paper.—W. O. Fendall, chairman School Committee. ’ It is stated that in only two instances was the “ Yes” scratched out.

Oarmall’s fire escape was publicly tried at the White Hart Hotel, Christchurch, yes f jrday afternoon, and received much approval. A Christchurch resident has lately submitted to the Licensing Benches a ladder of galvanised wire designed for the same purposes. It is exceedingly bandy and strong, and takes up no room, and favorable comments have been made on it.

A chemist of Vienna has invented a new kind of glass, which contains no silex potash, soda, lime, nor borax. In appearance it is equal to the common crystal, but more brilliant; it is perfectly transparent, white and clear, and can be out and polished. It is completely insoluble in water, and is not attacked by fluoric acid but it can be corroded by hydrochloric acid and nitric acid. When in a state of fusion it adheres to iron, bronze, and zinc.

The Napier Agricultural and Pastoral Associations show, held on Wednesday and Thursday was fairly successful, but it was blowing a hurricane, and clouds of dust made it very unpleasant. In merinos the chief honors were carried off by Douglas, McLean, Royse and Anderson, and D. Mollan. Locally bred sheep in nearly every case beat the imported exhibits, which were numerous. In longwools the ram prizes were divided between A. McHardy and W. Dolbet, but A. Tanner carried off every ewe prize, chiefly with sheep from Mr P. Russell’s Otipua flock, South , Canterbury. Iu cattle honor takers were the Rev. S. Williams, A. McHardy and J. D. Ormond. Both sheep and oattle were of remarkably high quality. Borne good horses, thoroughbreds and draughts, were also exhibited. Of implements, etc., there was a very indifferent show, save in locally made buggies and carriages. Poultry and dogs were poorly represented. One exhibit which received much attention comprised samples of farinaceous food, white and colored starch, British gum, glucose, syrup, and grape sugar, all made from potatoes unfit for human food, and bad grain, by Mr Liddell, of Riverslea station.

At the monthly meeting of the Committee of the Literary Institute, Geral•dine, Mr Postlethwaite, said bo had obtained from Government the promise of a grant of the site on whioh the building stood, as well as a share in the Pubic libraries grant for the year,