CHRISTCHURCH.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2926, 2 July 1878, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH.

Monday,

The Mayor of Ohristchufch has received a telegram from the Colonial Secretary, accepting the suggestions made as to the adminisivatioi of charitable aid, r id appointing a board, consisting o r: -the Mayors of Christchurch and Sydenhem, the Chairman of the Selwyn County Council, and Me: srs Montgomery and J. E. Brown, o administer ithe same; the hospital is also to be placed under their supervision. At the conference this afl. ,r----coon it was resolvd" to accept this arrangement, provided Government provides the amount rcqum 1 for charitable aid. ■•The arrangement to be temporary, pendiog legislative action in the matter, and the chief of the hospital staff to have a seat on the beard. . ' The criminal session of the Supreme Court opened today. Judge Jobnsjon, in his charge, congratulated the GrfMd Jury, on the continued prosperity of tie colony, but said the s-'^te of this district in regard to crime was not ;salisf«ct uy. He did not think tb are was any -reason for apprehending there had been any serious influx of crinrnals from other countries, but, taking the whole of the Southern districts, be could not help regretting there wrs an amouJt of crime which, ca far as his experience went, was in disproportion to population. It was crime Dot to be attributed to want, but to temptation; and crime which it was the'r duty to repress as much as they could.— John Crawley, for larceny, was sentenced to three years.

This day.

The Supreme Court sat till nearly len o'clock Lst night, Emile Huskisser and A.' F. Wilson were tried for garrotting. The foruer, an old offender, was sentenced t> 14 years' and the latter 12 month's' imprisonment. Dayid Wright, passing a valueless cheque, 12 month. James Woodford, 58 ycrsof age, formerly third master of the East Chri3tchurcJi school^ charged with committing a rape on one of the scholars aged ten years, was found guilty and sentenced to tjn years. The Grand Jury found at* ac bill against Mrs Steele for the murder of her son.