NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XXXVI, Issue 5062, 28 November 1881, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Accident. —Yesterday morking, as a man named James Adams was leading « hone through a gateway at Fendaltown, the animal ruthed at the gate, and, knocking it over on the man's leg, inflicted an ugly fleeh wound, which necessitated his removal to the hospital. AnOWSSSD IKQT7E3T. —The inquest on the child recently found in the Avon by a boating forty, which was adjourned from Monday lait, j>wing to the illness o! the foreman, will beheld at the Clarendon Hotel at 4 p.m. this day. Kohibb's Waxwobkb.—This exhibition was largely attended on Saturday, especially the afternoon matinee. As the Oddfellows' Hall is otherwise engaged to-night, the next exhibition is deferred till Tuesday, and it will be finally oloted on Wednesday evening. iKTBBCOLONIAIi WBATHEB EXOHAHSB. — Sydney, Friday.—The wind on the South coait is 8.W., with heavy rain and rough sea, but has backed to K.W. in Tasmania, and still light 37W. for New South "Wales, with fine weather. Barometer — Albany (24th), 29.9; Portland, 29.8 j Hobart, 29 4} Sydney, 29 7. Thh Crops.—The young grain is well forward in the northern districts in spite of the general lateness of the jeason, and the eiigbt ihowers on Saturday away from the hills have tended to freshen the color. Nearer the hills the rainfall was of a more copious character, and on the down lands the effects have been very marked. .:■■%,. Burhham: School CHtLDßEH'sfAiranrAi. Tbbat.—The Beeident Magistrate, Christchurch, invitee subscriptions towards the annual treat to the inmates of the Industrial School, Burcham. All received will be thankfully acknowledged by the Clerk of the Court. Mr J. Forbes, carrier, has also undertaken the collection of donations. ,'

B.M. Cottbt.—The charge sheet this morning will inolude three ' charges for drunkenness, one case on remand for neglecting to pay up weekly instalments for ohildren at Burnham, a charge against three ladi for damaging a letter box at the General Poet-office, and fix police summons eases of the ordinary deaoriptiont. Thb Dbttcds.—The fortnightly meeting of the Mistletoe Lodge was held at the Star end Q-arter Hotel on Thursday last; A.D. Bro. Hepburn in the chair. There was a fair attendance oC members and a very enjoyable evening was spent, the songs and recitations being especially good. Oahibrbt/bt Fbebthought Association, —At the usual weakly meeting of the above association, at their rooms, the chairman stated, amidst applause,?tfaat a telegram had been received from Mr Bobert Sbout, and that he would deliver a public lecture on Thursday, Deoember Ist, on " Evolution end Deism." The place and further particulars of the lecture will be duly advertised.

Mbn akd Maidens.—A very innocent remark wag made by one of the fair sex who was viewing, from behind the willows, the recent " Maiden Fours" race of the 0.8.0. As the orewß palled by, the fair damsel, peering through the leafy screen on the bank, caught a glimpse of the mustachioed crew, and in & tone of astonishment, and apparent vexation, she was heard to exclaim—" Why these are men! They are not maidens!" GAtmoH TO IBathbbs. —A correspondent at Woolston sends us the following:—"On Wednesday last, whilst standing on the green ■lope at the foot of Sumner Head, my companion and I saw the dorsal fin of a food sized shark. The monster was elowiy oruuing about under the cliffs of the headland, and disappeared behind them in the direction of harbor. We had just been bathing in the very water he was in, and my friend had been swimming out some distance from the shore. It is evident that some caution should be used by bathers who frequent this spot." Found Dead.—On Friday last a man named John Steele, an engineer, was admitted into the hospital from Lyttelton, suffering from a bad toe, the bone of wbjfftg ,*toe diseased. He was placed in No-. o£#ard, adjacent to which is the bath room. Yesterday moraine;, about six o'clock, as one of the night nurses wa« purag, •Hβ ..noticed water Bowing tana the bath, and, on going to turn it off, found Steele lying drowned therein. He was quite dead. A pott mortemmiU be performed this morning, and an inquest will be held atone o'clook this afternoon. '.

. Sxokb.—At a meeting of the school committee, held on Thursday evening, it was unanimously resolved to make application for an addition to the above sohool, the nnmbere on the roll and the probable increase warranting the committee in arriving at the above decision. It was also resolved to apply for an assistant pupil-teaoher. It was decided to abandon the proposal of taking the school ohildren to Ohristohuroh for their annual trip, on account of the railway fares being too high, and a sub-oomtnittee was appointed to make arrangements for a trip to Woodend Beach instead.

Ohuboh Cosohbt.—A very snooeieful concert in behalf of the Holy Trinity Church was given on Friday night in the Lyttelton Colonists' Hall. The first part of the programme consisted of instrumental and vocal mtuio by the following ladies and gentlemen: —Muiea Gibson, Meedames Allwright anfl Gibson, and Messrs Laing, Griffin, Knight, Dransfield, Bodiok, Ford, Petherbridge, Brownell and. Kingiford. Mr J. E. Bead gave two recdtatione, which were deservedly much applauded. A Spelling Bee, under the management of Mr B. Poflatt, brought the night's entertainment to a close, the chairman, the Bey. J. Townsend, before they dispersed, thanking the audience for their liberal attendance and the performers for the pleasure the evening's programme bad afforded.

Bbbidknt Magistbate's Oottbt. — On Saturday morning, before B. Westenra and V. Hobbs, Esqs., J.P.s, a man named Thomas Jardine, on remand from the previous day, was brought up charged with having stolen a meat chopper valued at 3i, the property of B. Searle, of the Foresters* Hotel, Oxford terrace. Mr Stringer appeared for the prisoner. The chopper had been missed, and was afterwards found in the cart of the prisoner, who is a collector of old bottles, &o. He accounted for the possession of it by saying he had found it in a right-of-way next to the hotel. Prisoner had been previously oonvioted, but the Bey. Mr Ward having spoken to his general good conduct since his release from prison, the Magistrates said that though they had no doubt the offence had been committed, they would take a lenient view of the matter, in the hope that his escape would be a warning to him in future. The case was then dismissed.

Boat Acoideht.—Two fishermen, Antonia lima and Charles Bart, at Port, had a narrow escape from drowning on Friday afternoon. While coming from Governor's Bay in a boat belonging to Mr John Roberts, a sudden puff of wind turned the boat upside dowil. Burt managed to hang on to the craft, and Lima, who is a strong swimmer, started to teach Quail Island. There was a considerable swell in the harbor at the time, and had it not been for the activity of some of the Natives at Rapaki in putting out to the men's rescue, they probably both would have been drowned. Sergeant Morice, in charge of the Lyttelton Police Station, who, upon hearing of the accident, went out to Rapaki, states that the Natives are deserving of the highest credit for the efforts they made to save the men, and the hospitality whioh they extended to them after bringing them ashore. Kaiapoi Bfobts.—A meeting of the committee of these sports war held at the Borough ConnoQ Chamber, on Friday evening. Prevent—Mr B. Moore, chairman, Messrs Burnip, Dudley, Fraser, Piper, J. Moon, and H. J. Wood, a balance- eheet showing a balance, in hand of £16, and outstanding aooounts which would, if paid, cause a deficit of £14, was presented, and after some conversation,: passed. The committee then decided to take steps to make up the deficit. A public meeting was afterwards held, at whioh it was decided that those present form a provisional committee to can vase for subecriptione towards the sports on January 2nd, and report to a meeting on the 12th. The provisional oommittee appointed included Messrs S. Moore, Burnip, Dudley, J. Moore, J. Wilson, Moran, Pipe*, Shearsby, Fr&ier, Wood, N. Bdd, Parnhanj, Hirst, J. Wilson, Petanan, GixA, Kearney, Pearee, Eokersley, EUen, Blackwell, T. lynekey, 0. Smith, and T. Weston.

As AsxißßS ov Tβ Whiti.—By the brigantine Omaha, which arrived yesterday from the Chatham Islands, there arrived a Maori: chief, a particular friend and admirer of Te Whiti, laden with presents for the Panbaka _ prophet. - Amongst the savory things this rangatira had with him were twenty-three casks of preserved albatrosses, a delicacy much prized by the Natives. The cost of capturing, preparing, and packing that quantity of birds was said to have been £200, atom which the chief generously paid over, hoping to have the pleasure of surprising his prophetic friend at Parihaka with substantial evidence of his allegiance end reverence. Upon the vessel's arrival at port our reporter informed ; the passengers of the arrest of the arch agitator, and his due lodgment in prison with Tohu and the others. The chief, however, ntterly repudiated any belief in the story, remarking that even were suoh the fact and that Tβ Whiti was killed he would return to life again quite easily. Upon a newspaper being shown him with the particulars headed « Trial of Te Whiti," he laughingly observed that it wae merely put in the papers to ensure a readier sale for them.

MiSTßßioug Death rxab Kaiapoi.—On Saturday, about 5 p.m., information was conveyed to the Kaiapoi Police depot, by a boy named Trumper, that the body of a respectably dressed young man was lying on the sandhills near the old cemetery at the Maori pah, which is about a mile and a half from the town. Sergeant Gilbert and some others proceeded to the spot indicated, and found the body, which was dressed in a check tweed ccat, dark vest, and light tweed trousers, colored linen shirt, new low shoes, and red web braoes, lying partly on the face and left side, near some English brooms which had recently been cut. The legs were crossed and the face partly sunk in the looae sand. Deceased's hat was near his feet. A handsome, plain, signet ring was found on the little I finger of the left hand. In the pockete were 6s 3d in change, two crimson and one white silk handkerchief, as well as a tin box for fifty pin-fire cartridges, No. 17, and of which there were thirty-five cartridges remaining. The body appeared to have lain two or three days, as putrefaction had set in. There were no marks of injury visible exoepts slight abrasion and s> little clotted blood on the forehead, which might} have been caused by deceased falling on the spikes of the broom from whioh the branohet had been cut. The head was much swollen. As it was concluded from from the finding of the cartridges that deoeased might have had a revolver, a strict searoh was instituted, but up to yesterday evening without success. Trumper, with another youth named Bloxam, had been hunting for birds nests, and getting wet in the rain had decided to light a fire, and upon going to pick up the broom cuttings dUoovered the body. Having made a minute examination of the surroundings, Sergeant Gilbert had the corpse removed to the Eaiapoi morgue, where it was identified by Mr Pattman, of the Pier Hotel, as that of a man named Colburn, said to have been a mate on the ship Portland, and subsequently having been on board the Examiner. He came to the hotel on Monday, the 21st, and staid all night. On Tuesday morning he got up late, and after finishing breakfast between ten and eleven o'clock, asked if there was any bush about, as he was fond of strolling in quiet spots. On being informed in the negative he expressed an intention of going out in the direction of the Maori pah. It is reported that a woman near the place said she heard the discharge of a firearm about noon, and thought some one was shooting blackbirds. So far this is all that oan be learned of his movements. An inquest before Mr Whitefoord is summoned to be held today, at whioh the result of the medical post-mortem examination will be given.

ExKCTOBAi.—Mr Ellen notifies that, owing to indisposition, he will be unable to address the electors this evening. Municipal.—An advertisement appears elsewhere announcing Mr Gapes' withdrawal from the Mayoral centest. Working Men's Clb-b.—A meeting of this club is called for to-morrow at 8 p.m. Masonic—Canterbury Lodge, E.C., meets this evening at 7.30. Congest.—A concert in aid of the funds of St. John's Temperance Society w>ll be held ia the schoolroom this evening. From the attractive nature of the programme we anticipate a large attendance.

C.J.C.—A meeting of members to consider the autumn programme will be held at the club room on Monday, December sth, at 4 p.m.