NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7142, 1 September 1888, Page 5

NEWS OF THE DAY.

-rjoEKsisG ____re«. — The qT-rteriy meetings of Co—cc. SB place at the City Conned Cham- ' _ra dming the ensuing week. — Owners of horses are reminded that nominations for the Canter- £_£&» of 1888, with three soys, are due -S the Secretary of the C.J.C. at the J£ng <rf the Club, to-night, at nine 9 Ookva-Ia— st Home. —Through the -0-4 ofiees of a friend of the _stt—tion, ''fir W E. Ivory, of Kangiora, h_ mate of some 350 fruit trees 't& _•_ Convalescent Home, and steps are _w being taken to plant them. 1 Brackenfield Hunt .*oS have arranged to hold their Point to ;fb_at Steeplechase meeting on Saturday, September Bth. The selection of the -_B_try has been entrosted to Mr it. J. ' _______ who no doubt will show that he is __ri<3it man in the right place. The meet md take place at B_ckenfield at -BO— on _c date mentioned- -■ ftßnjSW.__-_oNA-- Dei_sQat_s.—The two -JU&gttes from England to the CongregaTa__ TJnion, which meets next month m -JtSbo-me, Dr. Hannay and Mr Lee will . Wi- Christchuroh by to-nighf s express. They will preach to-morrow at Trinity j2hb_ sad at the Linwood Congregational Church. On Monday evening they will s a public meeting at Trinity tafc-reh.. __. Gun Ac_dkkt at Ltt_-_ton.— ?0n Thursday afternoon Mr Peter McLell—i, i &« t__m of the gun accident which »*—— ed in Lyttelton last week, had his eight foot amputated, and so far is proim~ing very favorably. Dr. T. 0. Gathi— was the officiating surgeon, and —b aalisted by Drs. W. G. Fits Henry and -Jobi-son. . s Tarn M-—C_ ai E_._ction.•—Co_.side_jble intetest in the forthcoming Mu_cip-1 J-tfed—n -ppears to be taken in the Northaad a meeting of ratepayers i —n m held this evening at the Star and p_—»p Hotel to consider the selection 61 a .f-tt-U- candidate. Mr S. Manning » the s-Wly „c «f t* e * oar retiring OomicillO— "•__tends offering himself for re-election. $_r Ji, |«v-i has consented to come forward 1 fcfftkeNort.i-west Ward. • Sot4__ Coir-tT. case of Brunton >—___»(5 to a -lose yeste—ay morning. "fi%A jury retuiied a verdict for the p aintiff v against tho defendant Clifton for .6213, .f*aJaslve of the amount paid into Court. Aa regarded the New Zealand Loan and 5 8t»tcantile Agency Company, the other '§Bi—d&nta, it was held that though the .written agreement between Clifton and : __ pl_—iff passed to them, they were not cognizant of the cc_later_l arrangement — to ths providing of rabbits for food for the ferrets. Hence the defendant Clifton —s adjudged to pay their oosts. On Monday the case of Griffith v Vale will betaken. Cosr. — The Literary and Debating flpsietj had a big debate on Monday evenjjffy^ffßt—- Home Kale for Ireland- There _^_ialarge attendance of the pubic pre—Ut The Eev. D. Bodger presided. Mr —twins led the debate in favor of Home 36pft, .and spoke at some length in intro'jt&ing the subject. Mr TTiußsall opposed _ana Hole in a vigorous manner, giving "J*j£g(&y quotations from various autfaorities. '3s£ deb—c from first to last was most aUB-ted- sad extended over two hours. Beveral present took part in addit-on to Messre Hifgins and Hassall. The vote of the meetisg was taken, when a large --Bfcjerity—three to one—was opposed to Home E-le. The snbjeot for next debate is." Saa-Uam,'' Mr Doggett for, and Mr H__«g_inr— Concxet.—An entertainment given under -.__» a-jpio-. of the West Christohu—h. Ifcjwol Cettmittee, in aid of the prize fund Of the wsiool, took place last night at the *D__low_' Kali. There was a very large _tteß_nce, the hall being filled to over_yiag,|nu_-_- having to stand- In the bat part Miss E. Bowley sang ''At the I%Ry** very nicely. Miss A. Speir«,who hag » good voice, sang "Who cap sM"" Ye% and was loudly applauded. Buss ft—ie amg *' Afton" Water," and being PjPW— responded with "Boy's Wife." 'atr and Mr* Bobinson sang a duet "Tell tte, gentle stranger." Mr Maurice .gave ,*s_!_ of Earth," and being encored n_me-u_— with "The Pilgrim of Love." Tlthe second part he sang in place of Mr -Jaarille, the rsong selected being " Tell B-o, Mary, I_ow to woo thee." Mr Halley l tm "True till Death," and Mr Qept ~JJbfe where art thou V Mr Pocdoy _a|_g *«»Bugler" well, and Messrs Ogier and "»*y i&Te a duet. " Battie tve." Mr ft— JKBg two comic songs in his usual exjeQe&t style, and was loudly applauded. _g_f- ,**-■ -Tohn-on gave a recitation from ffltffc Twain, and the Addington Workmsaa Band play— two selections very _Jwk..The ch_ld-.n of the School,under ye_-uetorship of Mr T. S. Fostei, amg **___l j»_t __g« very well indeed. Miss —ntributed a pianoforte solo on w**rai ajrs, which was well received. As * who_. the entertainment was a great J?** BB and the promot.rs are » he eohgratulat— thereon. '__ C?BCBTOX Coxy Schoo_.—An aniSTOwanent that a grand concert would be T_T ** in aid of the funds of School caused a rapid sale of ;*■«<& and when the doors of the Odd•SM>*r Hall were opened on Thurs_iy «»SMaf,every seat in the building was "_!^^ III P- Wore _e<_rta_ »se the hill was densely packed in every g»*. Mr J. H. Brookes was entrusted with »?a*»gem_t and conducting of the and he deservedly scored a big '**•• A most attractive prog-r-__me and every number was received. The following reader— S, of f^ eT v<wal <«• instrumental Henry, _rs C. &i=-.^^* c -^ Mts y - Williams, __tr_ rM_ii_ c 1 ? 88e8 Bufiw *' and M essbJ-? Si»m_, St-venson, --ikTV -EH. S* ol <* evening was Bii_ _1 ? Sammer; 1 sang with "■MtMfee Siidfcr—int; by Mis C. _ at^ m *** which -1 «»**«_ oi the _vori-SSS-J? 4 x.^ o**40 ** 4 «>ae reels and by tho-e -who took part.

I_&_ky o* a Bxta :.—W__m Pearson, alias the Doctor, who was arrested in Timaru yesterday Morning by Detective jyCon nor, was brought to Christ—ureh in , the express train, and placed in the lockop. Pearson is charged with the larceny . on August 7th of a bath, value lis, ( the property oi Dr. Anderson, of Sydenham. M —T__. —lt is understood that there is • a pc_ibility of the Amateur Operatic , Society taking up Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera " lolanthe " _ their next production. If it is finally decided to p—diice it, the p_rformance will take place about the end of the year. Judging from the success attendant upon their efforts with ; "The Mikado," a very good perfonnanee ought to be given. __, i Ti— Weathxe. — Mr _. Dixon, of Eyrewell, writ— as follows on the 29th ult. : "About one week or over from this we may expect a rather severe cold southwester, most likely on the night between the Gth and 7th September. That is all I can say at present.' On August 30th he writes that he expects the gale will be of a similar character to that experienced on Wednesday, " only much more intense." Vita_ Statistics. — he Eegistrar's returns for the month of August show the following results :—Births : Christchureh District—Males 17, females 10; City, males 57, females 00; total 144. Last year the total w_ 14s. Marriages—District 13, City 14; total 21. Last year the total was 33. Deaths—District, males 17; females —>; City, males 11, fen—les 9* total 57. Last year the total was 51. Kaiapoi Sailing Club.—The annual meeting was held at the _aiapoi Milling and Produce Company's office on Thursday. Mr B. Moore in the chair. 'he Hon. Secretary, Mr W. Parnham, reported a balance of _-5 in hand. The Chairman was unanimously re-elected Commodore, Mr N. Nalder Captain, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer Mr W. Parnham, and with Messrs J. H. Evans and D. Mar—all the officers _ ojficio were constituted a Managing Committee. The opening of the season w_ fixed for October Gth. alessrs W. Hills, G. Wright, and Q. McAlister were appointed handicappers. Two new members were elected, and after some formal business the meeting adjourned. Diocesan Synod.—The Synod was occupied for the greater part of the time at the afternoon session yesterday in considering in Committ— the various accounts laid on the table. In the evening, the election by ballot of the Com ittee, consisting of seven members, to enquire into the dispute between the Church Property Trustees, and the debenture-holders took place. According to the rules of the Synod, each member of the Committee must be elected by a majority of the clergy and laity voting, and in order to get the seven members elected in this manner it i was necessary to take the ballot four times. I The election. Consequently, occupied nearly three hours. Dbaugh—.—The return match Linwood Bicycle Touring Club v Linwood Football Club was played on Thnrsday evening, and r—ulted in a victory for the footballers by four games. A very pleasant evening was flpent. A match was played on Thursday nigrht between representatives of Messrs Lightband, Allan and Co.'s firm and Mr Coulter's Temperance Hotel representatives. It resulted in a win for the former, after a very exciting contest, by two games. Mess— Hawkins and Coulter only played three games for the want of time. As it was, they took over four hours in their three games. Mst-oboi-ogic-—.—MrE C. Buckley, of the lincoln Agricultural College, writes:— " The wettest and coldest month of the year has just passed. On 20 days out of the 31 rain has fallen, the heaviest fall occurring on the 10th, when 1.166 in fell, the total fail for the month being 6.112 m, much above the average, as the following Vill show:—From 18-0 to 1885 inclusive the mean, rainfall for August was 2.45—h, sin*—when it has increased, the falls for August 18—-7-S being respectively 8.429, 2.558, and 6.112 inches, giving a mean of 5.698 in; and including this, with the previous six years, brings the monthly mean for August to 3.s—in. The mean maximum solar radiation- for the month is 94.0 J?., being the lowest mean for the year." CoosT Stab of CaStteKß—it, A.O.F.— On Wednesday evening a special summoned meeting was held in the Foresters' -___ to affect a settlement of a long-vexed question • regarding the transfer of sick membe— from one medical officer to another. The chair was taken : y the C.B. Bre. J. Davidson, supported by the whole __ff of the Court's officers, and the Interest shown was made manifest by the number of members in attendance. The Tifjnutf. Secretary read the report of a Committee which" had been appointed to investigate the subject, and which recommended alterations in the laws of the Court. The first recommendation, making the medical officers permanent otfioiais of the Court, was ultimately rejected on a division. The aim of the next alteration was to discontinue the practice of transferring during chronic or long-standing iUness from doctor to doctor, and a long and exhaustive debate followed. A slight verbal alteration, was agreed, to, and, on the motion of P.C.B. Samuels, the proposed amendment was sanctioned by _n overwhelming majority, and the 0.8. closed the meeting. Gold—lning.—A meeting was held at Warner's Hotel last night of the Christchurch shareholders in the Wakatu, United Goldmimng Company. There was a fairly good attendance. Mr A. A. McKeller presided, and explained that the shareholders had been called together to receive the report of Mr S. Beeves, the legal managex of the Company, respecting the results of .he last general meeting at Nelson and other matters. Mr Beeves, who had with him a large map 1 detailing the working of the olaim, went fully into the advantages which would arise from an amalgamation of this and the Buhner Creek Coni-. pany. He informed the meeting that tlie Directors of the Wakatu. had purchased the Crushing Company's battery for .810—, and h© gave the reasons which had induced them to make the purchase. It was also explained that the Wakatu had 48,000 shares, with a liability per share of Bs, and the Buhner Creek 24,000 shares with a a like liabi ity. Under the terms of ainalgation the Wakatu shareholders net 16,000 ahar— aud the Bulmer 8000 shares of os each in the new Company, making a total of 24,000. Those present expressed their satisfaction at the results as stated of the general meeting held at Nelson. Pa__—i School Cosocitteb. — The usual monthly meeting of this Committee w_ held in the district schoolroom ou Monday evening, the 27th August. Present —All the __e__—rs. A circular received from the Board of Education, requesting Committaes toab&tain from granting tie use of their schcKjlrooms fpr dancing purposes, was read by the Chairman. A letter from the same covering, Mr Wood's report on his recent examination of the school, and. expressing the Board's pleasure at its favorable nature, was also read. The report stated that 259 children were pressnted. The percentage of passea waa 58.80; percentage of class subjects, 76.25; additional marks. SO. In his general remarks the Inspect— says :— "This is an excellent school. In all three groups of subjects—pass, class, and additional —the work is very sound and good, Mid gives ample evidence of most int—lujent treatment. The results in each class are uniform in that thoy reflect very great credit indeed on every me_b_ of *_c —hool staff. .-leading, spelling, recitation, sreografiiy, and. ——position are points of special excellence, and the rest of _c wort is, on the whole, very flood. The order and be-avionr of the pupi— tinder ecuninatioa are most satisfactoiiy. The child— n in the infant department are extremely bright and I—ppy, _h—r tra. ming in habits of order and attention is of tkfe best- and — eir work is, on tha w__, yecy well done." The report having been considered, it was resolved unanimously —at the congratnlations of the Committee ne conveyed to Mr Hughes, the head master, and all the staff on the satisfactory stat_ of the school, as certified by the Inspector's report. Messirs Goodland and MeCornlick were re-appointed as a Visiting Committee for _-» --___•—r of the year. , __—ar deciding to give two weeks' holiday from the end of August, and dispos_g oi 6_mdry minor matters, the meeting terminated.

_ JB_c__OKD d_ of prizes in connection with this school took place last night, and is reported in another column. Leo al.—lt is understood that Mr James Spepce, owner of Vanguard __ Chan- I cellor, has been served with a writ for £1000, for malicious prosecution by Britten W. Jones, of Christchureh. The case will be heard at the next Civil Session of the Supreme Court. D——_r Sth_—' Wesxrvj-S Cmm ch Chd—.-^The annual meeting of the above was held on Thursday evening, when there was a large atten-ance. As the choir has lately been materially strengthened, it was thought —.visable that a code of rides should be framed for it 3 maaiaarement. These were. presented and unanimously approved. Mr J. B. Stansell was elected ( choirmaster. The Beotec— os Banquet.—Although the Prot„ti— banquet recently held here i (says the Wellington correspondent of the Dailu Times) waa a success so far as numbers" and enthusiasm were concerned, its results financially speaking have not been altogether of a satisfactory character. I have been assured that the hat has been sent round among the Protection members who received invitations to the. spread. Some of thpsA gentlemen have responded to the call, but others have refused point blank to assist in paying off the deficit. A prominent member of the Auckland skinflint party waxed quite indignant when he was appealed to for subscription. Serious Accident at __aia.—A young lad named John Withel, eldest son of Mr A. Withel, of Eakaia, met with a very serious accident the other evening, on his return from the township, where he had been with a load. He was driving a team of horses belonging to Mr John Gardiner, and when near the entrance to a paddock where they had been used to running, they attempted to bolt into it, knocking .the lad down, and the wheel of the dray passed Over his body in an oblique direction. He was brought to his home at Eakaia, and placed under the care of Dr. Cordner. There is little hope of his recovery. The Lyt ■—i/ton Litebabt and Biblicali Association. —This Society held its weekly meeting on Thursday evening. Not wi th_tanding the boisterous weather there was a good attendance of members. The meeting was opened in the usual way by the President, Eev. G. Bond, after which Eev. 3. Bill was voted to the chair. A paper was then read by the President upon the subject of " Bible Spiriti—lism," and was ably dealt with by the essayist. At the conclusion of the paper several members spoke upon it. Tne Chairman summed up the criticisms, and the Bey. G. Bond replied. A most interesting meeting was brought to a close by the Chairman pronouncing the benediction. At next meeting a paper will be given by Mr T. Hay on the subject of " Marriage." Ti._?__AJfCE- Concert.—A concert will bp filven'this evening at lodge's Temperance REst. Railway ExcursiqK.—Oh Thnrsday next an excursion will he run to IritUe Hiver in connection with Messrs Johnston, Wood, and —— timber sale. The train will leave Christchureh atJ—o a—.. lea vine Lilt— River at 5 p.m. ST. Andrew's Bazaar.—A bazaar will be .held at the Oddfellows' Hull on the ISth, 19th, and 201- o£ October, in aid of a fund for the repairs "and improvement of the church. A list of stall-holdc— appears slsewhere. SC— jay. Services.—At St. John's Church, Latimer square, the preachers to-morrow will be the Yen: Archueacoii fTa_per and the Rev. C. Coatesac the morning and evening services respectively. The Rev. T. Jasper Smyth, of Pleasant Point, will conduct tho morning service at Kaiapoi. The Rev. H. Williams, of Oxford, morning and evening at llerivale. The ReV. C. Coates wijl preach tho sermon in the Cathedral in tbe morning, and the Yep- Arch deacon Harper in the evening, The Rev. AY. E. Gillam wUI conduct both services at Papanui, and tbe Rev. H- S. Hamilton at St. Luke's. At St. Albans Wes-'eyan Church tlie Eev, J. J. Lewis will —liver a special lecture to young men on " The Man Traps of Cllrlstchurch." At the Svdenham Wesleyan Church the services will be by the Rev. _M. Isii t. A ctuTdren's serwee will be held in the morning. At the JDurham street Wesleyan Ch_ch tne Rev. C. H. Laws will preach in the morning and tlie Rev. W. J. Williams in tlie evening. Don't delay to visit the Stuoio of Standish and Preece, the popular photographers. Gaspa--.—-— Disappbaeanck.—Prom a report from Detective Walker, sent to Inspector Thompson (says the Wellington Evening Press), it appears that Gasparini was allowed ths run of nearly the entire ship at sea. At about two o'clock on the .morning of arrival in Sydney (16th), the ship being more than 200 utiles from land, Gasparini got out of his, berth, dressed, and putting on an overcoat, went up on deck. After being there a few minutes he v , returned to the cabin, and taking on his overcoat, threw it on the bed, and again left the cabin. This is, according to all accounts, the last time he was seen. Detective Walker says that several times during the passage previous to the 16th Gaeps-ini.had said to <him that it was no use his trying to defend himself in Sydney, as he was oertain he would be sent-back to New Caledonia. He seemed to have a terrible drea-S of being sent back to Noumea; Where, he: said, he was certain they would "break bis legs and arms so as render impossible another escape. The first time he was really missed was at breakfast (8 a.m.). He did not put in an appearance, and the detective went for him. Not finding him, a search by some of the ship's hands was immediately started. The detective and the carpenter made a complete search of the ship, but without success. The general opinion expressed on board the -termer was that Gasparini, without a doubt, went overboard in- a fit of desperation, and it is a certainty that if he didrhe was drowned, as the sh4p even at 8 _ai. was not in sight of Land. *On the other hand it is stated by some that he had been heard to assert that he would not attempt to ' drown _mself '_ he could easily do that at New Caledonia if he wished. ;. ''' ' " ; Letting ' Lo6sb the Babbits. —A contemporary justly says that the following extract from a report that appeared in the. Wakatip Mail of 13th June, 1866, of the foundation of an acclimatisation society in j t]iat/ c-jstricfc vill -prove int.—sting, ;In 'the "light of subsequent events the' prophetic and congratulatory tone of the report will be greatly relished :—" Yesterday witnessed, as did three years ago, the efforts of a few earnest men. On the first occa§ipu 'here was » desire to obtain room /ot; ftevplougji; on fte s "S£_P9d the object was to encourage sport and ensure additional comfort by letting loose some fourfooted, animals- . • ..■•.. ~ .. - .' At -a'iae—ing-I*elil —« other evening it was resolved that an acclimatisation society should be set afloat, however hu ble the first movement might be. ] The fine climate of the Wakatip was dwelt upon, and it was determined then and there to carry out a long contemplated project, and the introduction of game and salmo— and the letting loose of various animals was fully considered. . As the first stage to what'there cart be no doubt will prove ah eventful episode, a number of gentlemen were found yesterday on the ground to let run a number of rabbit 3 ]und_y presented by Mr M'Conochie, of the Lake View Gardens. This com < encement was charac-erised by a hearty warmth, and we trust the same feeling will pervade the -ooveu-ents of the society hereafter." Poverty Bay On. Distkict. —ln _he course of a paper read before the Wellington .Philosophical Institute recently. Mr James Park, F.G.S., said that after a careful consideration of the circumstances ; attending the surface indications in the ' Poverty Bay district, he was of opinion ' that payable oil would not be found at the places where boring wa£ .at present being conducted, his; r„ams* bang—(l) That [ the. strata contain too small a proportion -'of car-bbxßacecms matter to yield. payable oil. (?), Thas -tsfee oil strata | are too much shattered to collect the oil and condense the volatile hydro- [ carbonß. He said the shale was \ always at or near the surface, A coiald | not be regarded as the source of the oil. \ _he-ferae source of the oil was the dark grey _—rly shales which only contain from ; 1 to t per cent, of ca—_. The Pet__- '_ sylvania shal— contain from 10 to 20 per * cent, of carbon. He thought a limited \ amoijiit ojf payable oil might be found if a ; pliu» boi-dCbe found >*wh_r« ; the v strata ! were less disturbed and contorted, and more favorable for the accumulation of 1 oiL Pope Leo has ordered that the walls [ around the Vatican Palace be heightened. : Ttigh hnilrii np~> have been erected in rhs - neigt-boi—X-d. which overlook the garden in whidt the Pope takes his daily Walk..