CHRISTCHURCH.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3020, 19 October 1878, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH.

This day. Through trains to Dunedin resumed running to-day. At the Supreme Court the Judge made some very strong.remarks about trustees, who, he said, were only servants of the court. -' • :

. Friday. There is little alteration of note in the grain and produce' market. Charters are pending for wheat shipment to the Home market, which will tend to lighten the market if freight negotiations are satisfactory. The bulk of the wheat is now held by merchants, and no material decline is: likely to take place for local requirements. Oats • are firm at 4s ; barley badly wanted both for seed and malting, but no stock available. Owing to large exports hams ' and bacon are likely to advance one farthing to a halfpenny per pound. Butter, Is; cheese, 6^dto 7d; potatoes, £5. The rates are weakening. , The nisi sittings of the Supreme Court commence on Monday. The reports from the Quarantine Station to-day are very satisfactory. In all probability the immigrants will be released on Tuesday. . The gaoler in Lytttelton has received from the Governor intimation that Ekins Hoch, sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, has been reprieved, to undergo penal servitude for life. At the Drainage Board it was found that no tenders had been sent for con- j strutting the sewers on the north side of | the Avon, the estimate of which by the I Board's engineer was £10,000. The Board resolved to commence the work at once with its own men.

At the meeting of the Board of Health to-day the medical officer reported 98

year of which the mortality had been seveilK The health of the Borough durng, the year" had been remarkably good. The medical officer pointed out the great importance of increased wate^ supply'to tho city. It was resolved to make representation to fe City* Council on the subject. ' . It is said that Councillor Wilson will contest the election with Councillor Ick for the position of Mayor this year. The heavy rains of yesterday do not appear to have affected the rivers. Through communication with the South has been resumed, and the Dunedin train was tacome right through to Chri9tchurch to-night. The northern line is still- interrupted, but the repairs will be completed by Monday. A gang of fifty men are hard at work in the ballasting. Should another flopd set in before the completion Of the|work, and iiefbrp the-iine is'Jully 'strengthened, it is said that the whole railway from Chaney's "> to Steward's would become.a total wreck. The public of the North are sore upon the question of conveyance 1 between the train, think that^the^ Government ought^to, providethat*conveyance or;'subsidise it, so that passengers would merely pay the regular railway fare. The whole of the city cabstands have been re-arranged to-day. The; committee to-day inspected a portion of the Avon district, the residents of which petitioned to be taken into the city bounds. They will report favorably upon the petitipn v The whole of Millett's. stables, horses, coaches', e^c, were nOld by auction tbiday. The lease and right to run a certain;'line of 'bilßses, fetched £40CKX; everything else brought, good prices. V . ; ? „ )'/:. ■ "":;