CHRISTCHURCH.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3144, 17 March 1879, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH.

This day.

Acceptances for the Great Autumn Handicap :—Wilson's Fishhook, Bay's Temple ton, Maritana, and Titania, Webb's Undine, Reeves' Orange Lightning, Goodman's Chancellor, Mason's Catnballo, Heyward's Lara, Stevenson's Vampire, Mallock's Foul Play and Nemo, Hon. Robinson's Natator, Fraser's Naiad, Mata, Longlands, and Butler's Laertes. Kaitangata Belief Fund. The weather is splendid and there is every prospeot of the fete being a great success. The streets are crowded with people, and the procession is mustering up. It consists of the City Councillors (past and present), fire brigades and public bodies of various kinds belonging to both town and country. Brass bands with advance guards with men in armour upon Jerusalem ponies, and the Richardson Show performers, etc., numbering in all considerably above a thousand people, while the spectators number fully 10,000, and it is expected there will be twenty thousand on the ground. £1000 in takings may therefore be relied on this evening. There is to be a monster promenade concert in the drill shed, and a performance at the theatre; a grand ball and fireworks will wind up the whole.

The Cricket match, Timaru v. Christ* church, takes place on the ground adjoining the park, and the whole of the proceeds go,to the Xaitangata fund.

William Smith, the engine driver, whose leg was amputated in consequence of the accident on the line a few days ago, died in the Hospital yesterday. He never recovered from the shook.

Friday. A special meeting of the Hospital Board yestarday was a very warm one between the Chairman, Dr Turnbull, and Mr J. E. Brown, on (he resolution inviting applications for qualified medical men to act on the staff. After that resolution had been carried another one was proposed requesting the present staff to continue their present services until March 25th. Dr Turnbull said the resolution was discourteous, and took his oath he would have eight off the staff of the hospital the following day. Mr Montgomery then left the room, and after a sharp passage between Mr Brown and Dr Turnbull the latter also retired. The word " respectfully " was then inserted in the resolution, and agreed to.