Social and Domestic.

Southland Times, Issue 943, 1 May 1868, Page 2

Social and Domestic.

The Return Match behfeen the Riverton and . inveroargill Xifle VdlunteeN took plaw At th , I Invereargill butts on' Thursday, 80th April. A I press of matter prevents bur publishing the toort r and a report of the dinner in our present inue^ ||^ a full statement will appear in bur next. W« state that the viotqry wm won by '|^i t&eroargin team, the books being— lniwa^t* Ja^itffat 800 yards, 182 ;at 40^, $at 800 Zijjfe td!tal,.B29..^.EiTerton J at 800 yards, 184 1 rt.. : .. tfr&fffl } at 500, 86 } total, 821. In the eyeninf a match dinner took place at the Prince of Walei Hotel, which passed, off with great satisfaction to . all pjesent. The. company w.as numerous, §nd the arrangements complete. -/?.:■.-• Our Bluff correspondent, writing on the 30fk ■_.•-■ r ult., says :— " We' have experienced during the ' last three days a frightful gale of wind, with rain, „ | rendering locomotionoutofdoorsalmostimposiiole. / < | Fortunately no damage has occurred at tke wharf | amongst the shipping. The- brig Amherst com- ! menced dragging, but /soon brought up again. The weather partially clearing up- this morning* the Airedale has sailed, but will have to contend' ;•• with a very heavy sea.. The Celseno is still at the lower anchorage, waiting a favorable breeie." Yesterday we 'observed a number off men j busily at work raising the block of buildings in Dee-street, occupied by. Mr M'Kenzie, and Mr Webster, painter. The rise is being effected by means of screw jacks, without the slightest apparent danger or injury to the tenement, and , - when completed will greatly improve the appear* A ance of the premises, and consequently of that portion of Dee-street. ' ■ ■ „•• ■•••• A very violent gale, accompanied with "bitter: ~\ showers, prevailed in the neighborhood of inter-" cargill ; during nearly the whole 'of Wedne°day last. No damage has, however, been done , further than will render necessary, some slight repairs to a few roofs and fences. -A considerable , portion of the boarding opposite thej Albion - Hotel, enclosing Mr Hume's yards, suceumbedjgo^ :... the strength of the tempest, and au old store of small dimensions, which' stood oh 'wheels in the vicinity of the : Grammar School,; Dee-B*reet, , started' on an excursion on its own account, but came to grief in attempting to rise on to the gratings, and now, forms a slight obstruc- „ tion on the footpath. . . _.. The tea meeting in aid .of; . the funds - of the ;Ladieß' Benevolent Society came off on Tuesday evening last - most .successfully The hall in which it was held, the premises recently occupied -by — Moeller. Bros.,_ .proved — to be admirably adapted for the occasion, and, draped as it 'was with a- variety of flags, looked ' at once spacious and cheerful. The Superintendent found it (impossible to be present. >_ to occupy the position of honor. The chair was therefore taken by. • Thos. Watson,- Esq."Messrs Calder, Macdonald, Tanner, Perkins, Dr Deck, Mr Crouch, and Mr Cuthbertson addressed the meeting ' at consider- '-- able length, in the order named, in support'of resolutions brought forward.- A very lengthy ',:■' and highly satisfactory report of the operations; of , •: ; the society for the past . year, was read by f - the. . /■ Key , Mr Stobo. . A number of yolun?. , . tears did good service in making the evening pass pleasantly. ..,'.. ■ "' Mr ! Brcidrick: kindly furnisheß us with' the fqUowm'g information, which^^ was received;_M ..-•'_; telegram by Oapt. Vine Hall, of the^'Gbiud *" Hamilton; just before' sailing ; from r 'Melbourne;' • v Sydney; April 21st, 1868.— O'Farrell w*s hanged? this morning j^t"9 a.m."-" His "demeanebtir up to*"'" the hour of the execution was quiet and resigned; at the foot of the hidder he prayed fervently with — Pa! her Dwyer, and at the hour appointed, walked ' . : with a firm; quick 7 step on to: the scaffold. He did not address the pub'.ic at all, and died without a struggle. He sent a letter yesterday to the honorable Mr Parkes, which was to be openecL after his death, but the contents of it are not yet made public. ". ;■ ;; ; „-: j M>--.;/'; ;.; The "Canterbury Press, of the 21st says— "The firßt Native Lands Court which has ever been held m this Province, . sat yesterday in the old Town HallJ The Court, was crowded with.. Maoris ■: of both sexes, and the proceedings were watched with considerable interest. The Court opened at ten o'clock, before F, D. Fenton, Esq., chief judge, and Henare Pukuatua, an Anwar. / chief, native assessor. Several cases, were heard, and others postponed. , . . ,; . - It will be amusing to learn that the meeting of the Southland Association, a body which suddenly rsprings into existence whenever Mr Peter Dalrymple visits . the Long Bush, was attended, on the occasion of its hut gathering, bylhe hvrge number of SIX individuals, whose names', are as follows :— Peter Dalrymple (Chairman), T. M. Clerke, Warner, Philips, Kinross, and M'lvor. How Messrs Dalrymple or JOnross xould muster/ sufficient courage to talk mild thunder to so limited an audience on a. very cold and disagree- ». i able day is rather surprising, but we suppose' "disinterested" patristiam carries 'Mts own __ _ rewardl ' , . . , >; ; , The convict Swale . was executed in Lyttelton Gaol, on Thursday,' 16th inst. Fromythe, , j "Press" we learn that on the evening previous to his execution,' -he'eonfessed'to the : Bey E^ 'A^ : ' Lihgard, that "without thought or care" he set fire to his house, " thereby causing the death, of a poor man," and endangering the liyeSjOff hia T ' neighbors. He first made the attempt to set fire to the house in June last, by inserting a candle in _,a; bundle of papers. ( His was to. get. the value of the stock arid' to -leave the place.- ' He did -not make another attempt until the 7th February, when he 'remembered lighting the ;- " canvas and paper" of the wall near the window of the leanto. He then went and lay down in bed, stupefied with drink, but was roused by a sense of suifoc&tion from smoke, and got op. ; He : aaw Eankin in bed asleep, but made no effort to save him, but carried some things away that had been prepared for removal.-. He scarcely struggled after the falling of the drop.' : f - "i _ rilA;? :