NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XXIV, Issue 3219, 24 December 1875, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

. —* ,:»i v : —__ Exported Sheep. —Some Down rams were shipped for Nelson in the 8.8. Ladybird yesterday. Bane. Holiday. — The various bank managers notify that their respective banks will be closed on Boxing Day. Ashley Election.—.air J. E. Brown will address the electors at Loburn this evening at 8 o'clock. Mr Maekell will address the electors" at Leithfield Public Library at 7.30 pm. '■'' <?' Chkistmas Sebvices.—Evensong services, in most instances fall choral, will take place this evening in the various churches of the city: • "../..... Legal.—His Honor Mr Justice Johnston sat in Chambers .yesterday, in consequence of to-day being Christmas Eve. The long vacation commences to-day, and continues until January 3rd, .'..•■: Mb: Frank Weston.—This gentleman better known by-the name of the Wizard Oil Prince, has arrived in Christchurch, and purposes digging down and speaking a piece in a . few days, Our readers will have pleasurable recollections of Mr Weston's former appearance here in the character of an entertainer. JJEKSIOK' WESLEYAN CHUBCH;—The Bey W. Lee will deliver a lecture on the evening of Tuesday, the 28th instant, in aid : of-the organT Tiind".of/ T*eestdn~Wesleyan Church. Subject—"Courtship and Marriage." i ' Cbicket.—The return match between the Central CO.-aud the Sunnyside Eleven, will lake place oa Monday next (Boxing Day). The following have been selected to represent the Gentrals-rFlint (captain),; Hawthorn, Watts, P. Selig, J.B. Piggott, Spray- ; son, A.AI Selig,- Searle, Phillips, Harris, Scott. The team will leave the White , Haft Hotel at 10 a.m. sharp for Sunnygide, where the match: will be played; . . Mb Brows' at, Baltwateb Creek.— On Wednesday evening Mr J, Evans Browninet the electors of tjhe Ashley district at the Saltwater Creek scnoolroom ; about fifty persons i were present, Mr F. H. M. Walker in .the chair. At the conclusion of the address, a ' vote of thanks -was, on the motion of Mr ! Vaughan, seconded by "Mr Fotfd, accorded to Mr Brown.: Avdte 6fthanks was passed to the chairman. Cant?||buby School \3sxdtsi.~The anniversary services in connection with the Bunday, T gQhool Union, will beheld on : Sunday next,:... The morning.prayer meeting i will be. held iin the Congregational Church, Manchester? street, at. 7 o'clock; In the afternoon a service will be held in the Wesleyan ' Church, Durham street, when an address will 'be delivered by Mr Colee, of Burnham, The : singing.will be under the direction of Mr J. Roberts. . ■ ■ ■• -, Popular Amusement Association.—A meeting was held, last evening for the pnrpose of winding up all matters connected ( with , the late sports held opt Latimer square on Anniversary Day. Present —J, pililrier, 'W. R. Mitohsll, C. Walkdtfn, Wyrin Williams, hon treasurer, and R. P. Crosbiej hon see. Several accounts were passed for payment, but as the treasurer had not received all those outstanding, ' it was determined to adjourn the meeting for a fortnight, • afternoon, Mr Loughrey, head master of East Chriafcchurch main school, at the request of the donors, presented, withla fewjappropriate remarks, to ■Mrs Haughton, late head mistress of St John's school, a ; handsome album, Church service, inkstand ana pen, the contribution of the senior girls, lately nnder-her tuition. A silver batter dish had previously been presented to her by the teachers of the same school. Bach presentation was accompanied by a note, expressive >of the good wishes of > the pupils and teachers. . vj; ] Sebious Accident.—A man was brought into Ashbarton on .Wednesday evening with 'his right arm frightfully fractured. His j name is Philip Parker, and it appears that. .he was coming from Mount Somers on Fnrgus' waggon, and fell ofE on to the road, near fore-wheel passing over his arm just "above the wrist. The tendons were separated, and with the flesh -and bones were protrud*ipg over the back of the hand, which was Nleo laid; bare. He also had. a bad bruise ! -B|bove the left temple, and his right ear; : •.severely cut.; Mr Hawkins, of the Spread pEagle, sent him down in a trap, and he was. -taken _to_ the Ashburton immigration bar-- - racks. He was emit: up to Christchurch by the first train on Thursday morning. j Chbistchubch City Guabds. — The firing by the members of the City Guards ffbr the -ialbixm''*presented by Lieutenant * Wolf took place at Hillsborough range on Friday lasb. ,The conditioas of the match ; were chat two teams should be selected from the company under the captalhcy respec- ', tlvely Lieutenant Wolfe and Sub-lieuten-ant Malcolm. The result of the match on M Friday was , a tie, and yesterday the teams, ' met again to contend for the prize. : On this ! occasion Sub-lieutenant Malcolm's team : were victorious "by sixteen points, tt now ' ,obly remains for the- winning team to. fire off ! ifor the individual ownership of the tnphy, v this will take place to-morrow. We m,ay j mention, that Mr Preston has given some wine is prizes to be shot for, which will come ( lon at the same time. I' 1 Chbistchuboh East Educational I * District.—The usual meeting of the comndittee of the East Christehurch Educational' ! District was held last night, in the vestry of Trrnifrf Church. Present—Messrs Jameson, c Mitchell, Kirk, Veel, aaaTßray. Mr Jameson, ' iri the absence of the chairman, was voted to \ frje chair. A letter was read from the chairman, Bey W. J. Habens, asking for leave a of absence for the evening, and enclosing let- - tets from the Minister of Education. Leave was granted. Leave of absence was also granted to Mr Thomson; A letter wae read from the Miciietec of Education, sanctioning the ap- o pointment of Mr J. B. E. Taylor as third I master of the Gloucester street school, also li stating that he would sanction the retention of Messrs Sopp and Woodford at their pre- n sent salaries. On the motion of Mr Bray, ii seconded by Mr Veel, it was resolved that n Mr Sopp be appointed master of the Binge- c land school,-and ] Mr Woodford fourth master ii the Gloucester street school, at their pre- o sent ealaries: ' It : was J resolved that Mr b Loughreyj head master]of the central school; si was to take general supervision of the schools - o in the district^'" "A letter_ was read from the jt] custodianoo r the Gloucester street school, tl asking the committee to allow 10s per week k I for the services of hie wife. The committee, s< decided that they could not grant the re- ; n quest. After tile transaction of some routine b business, the committee adjourned for a fort- n 1 nffett,' ..... ... . . ~., , ; ■■ .;■ ,is f" ;: jNTKBPROViBrtSAi. Match.—A .meeting- Sol of Che interprovincial "riiatch committee was "b held yesterday. Present—Messrs Stevens; « (in the chair), Maples, Neileon,W66d, and ft Sweet. The; minutes of; the,previous meet- > p ing were read and confirmed, and Mr.T- S. "ji Sweet elected hon secretary for the ensaing y yekr, '■ The selection- committee, for the. put-., w poke of .eelecting.-tfee eleven,for the forth-' "in interprtmncial match With cl . bei instructed to select eighteen players to oj Iptictice for the match, selected the follow- w gag gienttemerr, Meesrir be Ashby, Jpak]BT,, E. Fowler, ,«1 =*4«tfeiv (J; Nejleqn,; Boater,' I w Wdbd, D'Bmdeii^ I ®^!^' Mipleaur ?*1 Oljivieir, B/Cottiaift, ii^^^apljh^^nk^.tl l

committee decided that tfee first practice day eboold be Taeedaj, December 28th, and that every Tuesday and Friday following sboold be epecial practice days, in addifegjo tatn? daily practice d»ye. The eecxej|raf wai authorized to purchase the neceesaijP'cricket material for 4foe exclusive the selected probibletioio epo\en of for playing the match was thought to be about the as being moat likely to suit all playera.' The meeting then adjourned. . \ • i T ;\;'- \ Boxisg fiILX Day in Canterbury, so far as sports land; amusementE are concerned, will be duly honored. "At the Agricultural and Pastoral Association , ! Grounds, the Tradesmen's Attofitic Club will hold their sports, when a most attractive programme of events will be got off. The Foresters' fete with Richardson's show, -and a TTtroibSl' of faces" of various kinds, will be sure to (attract** a large number of visitors. A numerously .attended-meeting —of - the- -Lyttelton "and Christchurch brethren was held last evening in the Foresters* Hall, when several, new prizes were handed in to be contended foi at the coming fete. It was resolved that a handsomely carved meerschaum pipe, presented by Bro McWilliama. should be given to the winner of an ex.l ia race of. 300 yards. The sub-committee reported that tents for the ladies, as well as those interested in the racing and Richardson's Show, had been erected. The Lyttelton brethren will arrive about ten o'clock on Boxing Day, and will be received by the Christchurch brethren. A procession will then be marshalled bj P.D.C.R. Hobbs, which headed by the En« gineers' band will march to the ground, to which neither horses nor vehicles will be admitted. In addition to these there is also the H.A.C.B.S. sports, which take place on t,he grounds attached to the church, with a dinner in the evening. ' Several country townships also purpose holding sports on this day, and iv the evening the pantomime, that really British concomitant of Christmas, will be produced at the theatre. Theatre Royal.— capital house, well filled in all parts, greeted Mr Hoskins last evening on the occasion of his benefit, and the performance throughout was most successful. The first piece," A Handsome, Husband," "went splendidly, v As Mrs Wyndham, Miss Florence Colville was excellent, the lively and sparkling language of the. comedy with its bye-play being 'rendered most charmingly by her. Ar Mrs Twisden also Miss Docy Mainwaring was very good, and the same may be said of Miss Lily May's Hon Mrs Welford. The part of Mr Wjndham is just one of those in which Mr Hoskins excels ; lie takes-the audience entirely into his confidence, and relates to them his perplexities and double in erich , a friendly sort of way that their interest is evoked on his behalf, and continues throughout the piece. The part was capitally played, aa was also that of Henry Fitzherbert by' Mr Douglas. The piece which followed, "An M.P. for a Rotten Borough* , was, so thoroughly apropos to-{the of the past few weeks, and the turmoil through which we have passedj that : the various hits were keenly relished by the audience. Mrs Hill made "a very pretty Peggy Ramble, and looked even more bo when. ehe assumed the habiliments exclnjsively the property of the Sterner sex. , Aβ Jerry Chance, Mr Hoskins was exceedingly funny, and in the hustings scene delivered a speech on local and general topics, in which the varioue points dilated upon by the candidates during the late election were hiunorobely and wittily dealt- with, the various points made: eliciting loud plaudits. The other parts were well filled;' For the last piece Mies Oolville read Mr Hoekins a conjugal lesson, strongly reminding one of the late lamented Mrs Catfclle, and- in this both Mies Colville and Mr Hoskins exerted ■ themselves to please with:-'great• succese. Altogether the performance was p very good one throughout. To-niglit ! Mr appear as Paul Pry, the 5 afterpiece - being '.'The Dead Shot." .■-'-"■' '■}'■'• -[ - • Cantebbuby AGBiotJt¥HßAi;' jtNi> T Pastobal Association .-kA i meeting"6iE i the committee of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held yesterday afternoon at the secretary's office. Present—Merara S. Garforth, Mcßeth, Bruce, R. WilHn, J. Ti Ford, 0. F. Barker, Henderson, G. B; Freestone, A. Duncan, J. Ferguson; H. P. MurrayAynaley, Strange. Mr R. Wilkin occupied the chair. Several accounts were passed for payment. A letter was read from the Harper street Wesleyan Sunday School, asking the use of the grounds for a school .treat On Boxing Day. The secretary was instructed to reply that the committee Regretted that, the grounds were already let for that-day. A letter was read from the secretary of TJ. TJ,Free Church, B<;Asaphetree,t; Sunday, Sch66l, J asking for the use of the groundf'on .New Year's Day for their .annual ] treat. The secretary was instructed to reply: that-the school could have the grounds for that day provided v the care-taker's l were paid and any damage made good. The secretary stated that at last show there were several exhibits to '\ which honorary certificates had been awarded, and the exhibitors requested'to Wnbw* what form such certificate should take It was resolved, after some discussion, that 200 certificates of merit be obtained, the design ; to be similar to that of the. certificateT issued ' for the "Vienna Exhibition by the Provincial, Government, the president and secretary to make arrangements for the procuring of the same. Some conversation ensued relative .to the' recommendation from the committee to the general meeting, as to the appointment of officers for the ensuing year. Mr Henderson gave notice of alterationi of rulei 8, of the association, and a new rule inserted; giyirig the committee power to appoint and retriove the secretary. Mr A. Duncan thonght the best way would be to appoint ..a , eub v : committee, to bring up suggestions as to alterations required in the rules, such committee to consist of the president, secretary, Messrs R. Wilkin, Henderson, and Duncan. Mr Wilkin moved, "That a fab-committee, consisting of the president, secretary, Messrs Henderson, Duncan, and the mover, tie a|£ pointed to revise the rale?, and bring up their report and recommendations to the committee meeting preceding the next general meeting for presentation thereto." Mr Freestone seconded the motion, which was agreed to. The next business before the meeting was the fixing of the date for' the Ram' Fair f0r.1876. Mr Wilkin moved, "That Thursday and Friday, 2nd and,3rd March next, be the days for the Ram and Ewe Fair, aid that the same be advertised as usual." Mr Mcßeth seconded the motion, which was agreed to. The meeting then adjourned;