NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 7073, 20 February 1893, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

We are informed that the lad Sullivan, who had hie arm broken just above the wrist, at Woodlands, while cutting down a tree which had another blown across it during Monday’s gale, is progressing very favourably at the Hospital. One result of the terrific south west wind early last week is to bo seen on the riverbeds, in tbe Opihi particularly, where th«tr® is enough scattered sheaves ofVheat and ca®i to build a good sized stack. In several ) !i®>i the grain bad been blown right Q<roio§hs river and " brought up on the banks, many feet above the level of the water.” “The summer is ended, tbe harvest is past,” iand ye have cot all profited by the advice of the veteran vat Before harvest he said “ Uso hoof oils.” But no, you knew better, and the consequence is lame horses This means loss of money through loss of time and depreciation in horseflesh. Be convinced and use hoof oils. S. SJlesinger.— [Advt.J The case is reported by the Nelson Colonist of a milkman who, at the time of the earthquake, as be was about to supply a customer, looked np and saw Sve chimneys falling, and his horse became so frightened that it bolted with the cart. Generally tbe effect upon animals, &0., seems to have been t > have filled them with f-tar, and some newly introduced swans showed unmistakeable alarm. We learn from the Akaroa Mail of the death of Madame do Malmanohe, one of the original French emigrants who arrived at Akaroa by the Comte de Paris. The only other survivor of that famous party of settlers, we believe, is Mr Woeokerle, of Akaroa Madame de Malmanohe, who had been ill for about four months, had attained the ripe ago of eighty-two years. At about 9 o’clock on Saturday morning the large stone homestead at Waihao Downs, tbe property o? Mr John Douglas, caught fire by a spark from the chimney falling on tbe shingle roof. There were very few people about, all the men being away harvesting, and the whole place was soon a mass of flames. Very little of tbe furniture was saved, and the building was completely gutted. The many friends of Mr George Thomson, of Sandietown, will learn with regret that be died suddenly at Claremont yesterday afternoon. Mr Thomson was a lay reader of the Presbyterian Church, and'was in the act of giving out the text at the afternoon service at Claremont yesterday, when he was seized with faintness, and quietly expired. We learn that an inquest is unnecessary. The late Mr Thomson had been attended by Dr Reid, for heart disease, and the doctor is prepared to certify that this was the cause of death. Mr Thomson was aged 63, and has for years borne an active part in religious and temperance work, being very much esteemed by a large circle of friends.

The police bad a very lively time among the Bailors of the barque Araby Maid on Saturday night. Early in the evening the police were informed of petty larcenies having been committed by some of the crew, and at night Sergeant Macdonald, Detective Living* stone, and Constable Tarrant, arrested two of them. The prisoners will bo charged with stealing several horn drinking cups and a pair of boots. Another sailor was arrested for being drunk and disorderly, and another for fighting in the Main Boad and creating a disturbance, the man whom he was fighting with being arrested also. Constables Craw* and Beddek bad a very stiff job in arresting these men. After being taken to the police office ‘a special conveyance was hired and the men were placed in it and taken up to the

gaol on the Town Belt. On the way up they \ were tumbling, fighting, and swearing among themselves, and it took the police all their time to see that they did no serious injury to one another. Referring to Mr Milner Stephen’s healing demonstrations in Dunedin, tho Oaviaru Mail aaya;—The points wo would like to have elucidated are: Why Mr Stephen offers a prayer, presumably for tho success of bis efforts, if his healing is magnetic and not by faith ? Why, if be heals by magnetic influence, he repudiates the use of mesmerism ? How is it, if he possesses the gift of healing mentioned in the Scriptures, and which io defined therein as a “spiritual gift,” he admittedly and obviously fails to achieve what ha attempts ? How does it happen that, if” he can cure deafness without any other aid then magnetism or the spiritual gift of healing, where the incapacity to hear is consequent on organic disease or obstruction, he cannot repair a defective “ internal ear ?” Why did he undertake to cure tho man with the bad arm if it was impossible to effect a cure because “ the muscles and nerves of the man had been severed ?” A he-jlor who professes to work by means of spiritual power, supplemented by magnetism, ought not to be in any doubt as to what he con or cannot do. These are a few plain points we should li&e to have solved ; and, if they can be answered satisfactorily, we shall be as much gratified as anyone that there have arisen such additional evidences that man is capable of wielding a spiritual power more potent than has ever been attributed to him*

The Christchurch Press says :—A very interesting point cropped up during the discus* sion of a motion in Chambers on Friday as to the residence of Her Majesty the Queen, and it will bo rather startling to some of our readers to learn that lb was formally argued that her Majesty resided in the city of Christchurch and carried on business there. Tho question arose on a motion to change the venue of a trial, in which her Majesty is plaintiff, from Christchurch to Timaru. Mr Joynt, who appeared for the Crown, submitted to his Honour that her Majesty residing in the oily of Christchurch and carrying on business there was entitled to sue there as a corporation sole. In the course of the argument bis Honour pointed out that the rule laid it down that the plaintiff must “reside." Now could it be said that her Majesty “ resided ” in Christchurch. Mr Joynt submitted that her Majesty had a right to bring a suit wherever she carried on her business, and that the Queen carried on the business of money lending in Christchurch. His Honour said that in theory the Queen was present wherever the judge sat, as tho Supreme Court was a royal court. Mr Beswick suggested that as the Governor was the representative of her Majesty her official residence was in Wellington. The question as to her Majesty’s residence is still undecided, as the matter out of which it arose stands over. A YEAR’S LUXURY FOB ONE SHILLING. Shavers should bear in mind that for twelve pence a Peak’s Shaving- Stick can be bought, which will last twelve months, and give a softer and better lather than any other stoap.—[Adtt.]