NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XXIII, Issue 3060, 12 June 1875, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

,s ♦ 16 The General Assembly.—The Assembly d is summoned to meet on the 20th of July. 1- Provincial Solicitor.—The appointig roent of Mr F. J. Garriek, as Provincial >f Solicitor, is gazetted. id C.J.O.—The adjourned general meeting of _. the (J.J.C. will be held at Warner's Hotel toie day, at 3 p.m. r Certificated Teachers' Association— ' A meeting of tbe members of the above will be held in the Durham street schoolroom this n afternoon. " Deutscher Verein.—The anniversary c dinner of the Canterbury Deutscher Verein t- will take place at Carl's Empire Hotel, on O Tuesday evening next, at 7.30 pm. is Kaiapoi Farmers' Club.—The next ,f ordinary meeting is advertised to be held on Thursday next, when Mr E. Knapman has promised to open the discussion. 7 Fakir op Oolu.—The first performance of this celebrated illusionist will take place at T the Theatre Royal en Monday next, when a >f very attractive programme will be sub>r mitted. j, Telegraphic.—The Tararua is expected 0 to leave Hokitika at 2 p.m. this day. Tele- _ grams for the Australian colonies or Europe, via Java cable, will be received at the Tele- ■' graph Office, for transmission to Hokitika, ■5 v»p to 9R? o'clock,

Public Meeting.—As will be seen by advertisement elsewhere a requisition has been presented to his Worship the Mayor asking him to call a public meeting to consider certain resolutions respecting the Education Bill now before the Provincial Council. The met ting has been fixed for Wednesday eveiung next, at 7 p m., at the Oddfellows' Hair PEDESTRrANISM —The start for the first event in the match between Young Deluney and Collins, to be ran to day on the Agricultural Grounds, will take place at two o'clock, and the remaining events at short intervals, which will be filled up by the handicap races. Each man seems to be pretty confident of landing the stakes, and should the afternoon prove fine, in the condition the men are now, each sprint ought to be closely contested. It is said that the mile walking match will bring out one or two well-known peds. Education Bill.—This Bill finally passed through committee at the sitting of yesterday, the postponed clauses being agreed to with amendments. Ou the 40th clause the words " five-sixths," referring to the contribution to be given towards sites, buildings, &c, be the Government, were struck out, and the words "one-half" inserted in lieu thereof. Ibis will however, by a clause moved subsequently by the Hon G. Buckley, not come into force, until after the end of the present financial year. The third reading of the Bill is fixed for Monday next. Town Hall Company.—A meeting of the shareholders in this company has been convened by circular to be held at Spensley's Hall on Monday next, at 2 p.m. The following are the reasons given by the liquidators for convening the meeting—" In consequence of Ye extraordinary delay and obstacles placed in the way of winding up the affairs of the above estate—obstacles which we _3rve no control over, and are powerless to meet—we consider it necessary to submit to you a full statement of the proceedings which have taken place, and to ask the advice of the shareholders generally as to the course to be pursued." Accident on Boabd the Tintern Abbey.—A man named John Smith Johnson, a Norwegian, a sailor on board the Tintern Abbey, met with a serious accident on Thursday night. About 5.30 p.m., when work was done, the men were being hoisted out of the lower hold by the steam winch, There were seven down below, and five of them got hold of the chain, the sixth, a man named William Jones, clung to the hook at the end, and the sufferei caught hold of his foot. Everything went well till Jones was almost level with the combings of the main hatch, when he slipped, and he and Johnson fell to the bottom of the hold. Johnson, unfortunately, tumbled across some railway iron, and had his right leg broken between the knesjand ancle. He was brought on shore in "a waterman's boat, and Drs McDonald and Bouse were quickly in attendance. The leg was set by the former. The sufferer is doing well. Papanui Sjaleyabds Company. — A i general meeting of the shareholders of the Papanui Kaleyards Company was held laßt ', evening at the Sawyers' Arms. There was a large attendance of shareholders. Mr E. Mitchell was voted to the chair. The adveri tisement calling the meeting was read. The , secretary stated that the number of shares applied for was 363. The chairman con- ' gratulated the meeting upon the number of ! shares taken up in such a short time, it showing very well for the success of the company. Mr T. I. Joynt, solicitor for the company, read the articles of the association prior to the election of directors. Mr Mulligan proposed, and Mr Hack seconded—"That the articles as read be accepted." The election of directors was then proceeded with, resulting in the following gentlemen being elected, 1 viz, Messrs J. Johns, T. Tubman, E. Mitchell, 1 W. Tombs, T. Claridge, E. Hack, W. Bram- ' ley, F. M. Rickman, and W. Munro. The > articles being signed by the subscribers, the business of closed, after a vote of thanks to the chairman had been passed. I Ashburton—The gift auction, in aid of j the Ashburton Church and Parsonage Buildl ing Fund, was held at the Library Hall on Thursday last. There was a very good . attendance of the inhabitants of the surrounding district. The articles submitted to x auction were of the most varied description, c There were a large number of English forest trees and coniferae, geese, ducks, and fowls ; _ a good horse, capital saddle with fittings complete, a very large number of very nicely carved frames for photographs, carved card racks and card baskets, and some beautiful j imitations of fruit. There was a very large assortment of millinery, also drapery and I toys, &c, in fact, something of nearly everyj thing. The auctioneer, Mr Thomas Bullock, a was most indefatigable, and realized capital prices for the goods. It was late in tbe ;, evening before everything was disposed of, ' and the auction may be considered a great success, netting upwards of £85, and with subscriptions amounts to £102 10s. The contributors towards the undertaking are ' greatly to be thanked for the kind way in i which they responded to the appeal of the committee, more especially the ladies, who must have exerted themselves very considerably to produce so many really useful and ornamental articles. , Bangiora Popular Entertainments. fc —The second of these entertainments was given in the Literary Institute on Thursday evening, and passed off very satisfactorily. 8 Mr C. Whitefoord occupied the chair. The - entertainment was commenced by a pianot forte duet by the Misses Gatehouse and t Fuller. Mr Merton then sang " The four f jolly smiths," and Mr C. G Chapman followed with an amusing reading '? What's in a h j name." Miss Ash win played a piano solo, - and another later in the evening, both of - them beiDg very much enjoyed by the , audience, and rapturously applauded, Miss i Gatehouse saDg " The forsaken" in a manne r f which elicited a round of applause; and Mr 3 E. R Good followed with singing "It's just > a 8 wii to kU lUga in a pet-Oft of waj," 3 vw-t_ic:___ was well received. _Mr Peele and * Miss Oatt-boase sang su daet, -_.__t<_L Mr JEae-wer--1 in £8 reClte<i "Tbe Abbot of Glastonbury," . mo fflees by Messrs Hannibell, Wat-ins, O. and b A.J. Merton, were nicely given, and Mr : Merton sang the l< Iron blacksmith." The entertainment was concluded by Mr E. R. Good reciting "The bachelor's dream," by Tom HoCKli Mr E. Watkins presided at the ; piano during the evening, and played the i accompaniments. It was announced that r ihe next entertainment would be given on \ that day four weeks. L Improvements in the I'omain. — An idea long thought of by Mr Armstrong, ' Government gardener, is now being put into execution, Eamely, the enclosing of that Space Of land in the centre of the Gardens, and which includes the archery ground and croquet lawn, with a varied collection of new and rare shrubs and plants. The norther n side will be planted with arancaria, several species of cypress, rare shrubs, roses, and herbaceous plants. Across the western end of the archery ground theie will be, when completed, a group of variegated plants, of which about one hundred kinds are on hand. This group is already partially planted, and the remainder will be put out iv the spriug. Behind the group it is contemplated to dot over the ground a few specimens of choice trees. Along the southern side of the proposed enclosure the walk has recently been widened to 15ft, and this border—which is 30ft wide, except along the croquet lawn, where it is one-half that width—will be sp-cially devoted to a collection of British plants, of which there are already about 400 species on hand. So far as thiscollection is concerned, a botanical arrangement will be as closely followed when planting as the number of plants on hand will admit. Across each end of the croquet lawn a walk has been made, on which seats can be placed during the season, and on one of these (the dividing walk) it is intended to plant a sweet briar fence. It may be mentioned that the croquet lawn is at present in excellent condition, and has been well kept daring the season. The archery ground, however, is less sightly, and a few pounds of grass and clover seed scattered over the bare spots would in a little time tend to alter its preset appearance, '

The Escaped Deer. — Tho deer that ca escaped from the Domain about twelve w< months siiice has lately destroyed beyond pn recovery over twenty rare imported pines in we the pinetam, which cannot be easily re- or placed, and has injured a great many nn o'hers- He has also paid occasional visits to th the nursery, and even the western portion of Tf the gardens, and on each occasion has done wi cor»sirlt»r:»l>le damage. The park, wh'ch ho st affects most (Out all the grounds are nearly is alike to him, the river presenting no ob ut Rtacle, as it is taid by those who have watchel I to him that he takes to the watei as naturally 1 af as a spaniel) has suffered very much where. Iplanted. It has thus become necessary that fe this animal should be removed or destroyed di before he commits further havoc. t\ — tt