NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7143, 3 September 1888, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Cricket. —The Lancaster Park Cricket Club held its annual meeting on Saturday evening, when a satisfactory report and balance-sheet, showing that the Club had paid its way during the past season and come out with. a credit balance, was presented. Mr A. E. Gr. Rhodes was reelected President and Mr D,W. Bennett was elected Hon. Secretary. The retiring Secretary, Mr W. N. Digby, received a presentation from the members in recognition of his past services to the Club. A report appears elsewhere. PbESENTATION AT GIiENTCTNNEL. —On Friday afternoon the children attending the district school were granted a halfholiday in honor of Mrs Opie's retirement from the mistress-ship of the school, a position she has held for about nine years.' At half-past one the pupils, ex-pupils, and friends of Mrs Opie, assembled in the main room of the school, and after Mr Barlow, the Chairman of tie Committee, had explained the object of the meeting, Jtfiss Annie Butler read an address. The little ones from the infant department then presented Mrs Opie with a purse of pennies, little Euphemia Barlow being the wee spokeswoman. After this Miss Edith Smith, on behalf of the er pupils, presented Mrs Opie with an address. At the conclusion of this address Miss Jane brown presented Mrs Opie with a beautiful and costly lady's companion. Mr Opie very feelingly returned thanks on behalf of Mrs Opie. Salvation Abut. —The second anniversary of the opening of the new Salvation Army Barracks was celebrated on Saturday night by a " great down with the drink '* demonstration. A procession, consisting of the band and soldiers,. together with two vans containing respectively the "Salvation family" and " ex-dmnkards," was formed shortly after se ten o'clock at.the barracks. The vans were, illuminated -with., torches and Chinese lanterns, ... ,%iie procession paraded, through; the town, .and then returned,, to the barracks, in • ■nshicfa, were arranged an imitation , ; of, i; tjvo .houses. One, a drunkard's had the words, " Via the pub ; to poverty, distress, death, and hell!" displayed over it j while above the other, a salvation house, waa written, " Via the Cros3; to salvation, prosperity, happiness and heaven!" The meeting was opened in the usual way with singing and prayer. Several converted drunkards gave their experiences, and Captain and Mrs Field, Captain Barnard, and Lieutenant Cruickshank, old Christchureh officers, also delivered addresses. Colonel Taylor was in command. These meetings will be continued until Tuesday night. There will be a special meeting to-night, when 4 the Hallelujah Lasses' Brass Band will appear I for the first time.

NoRXAx School.—ln consequence of im-' mediate repairs to the Normal School ] buildings being required, the school will close for a fortnight's holiday, dating from to-day. i HfiATUB Eotax.. —The Theatre will be opened to-morrow evening for a singing '■ and dancing competition. A number of : prizes are announced fco be distributed on ; the aecasion. Columbia Rink.—There was a large attendance at this Kink on Saturday afternoon and evening. To-morrow evening there will be a hurdle race handicap for half a mile. Lectuke.—The Rev. P. K. Munro will deliver a lecture at the Congregational Church, Ferry road, in connection with the Linwood Literary Association. The subI ject will be " Books, and how to read them." Deattohts.—The following players will represent the Pioneer Bicycle Club in the match with the Christchurch Bicycle Club this evening, at the rooms of the former: — Messrs Louisson, Lough, Wilson, Bargrove, Goodman, Mitchell, Beadcl, Lowry, Hall, Dyer, Alexander, and Jenkins. Girls' Friendly Socikty.—The annual sale of work will take place on Thursday and Friday, September 27th aud 2Sth. It is hoped that it will be liberally patronized and as successful as on previous occasions. Contributions will be received at St. Catherine's Lodge. Members Retubning.—By the s.s. Roto rua on Saturday, which- arrived in Port from Wellington, the following members were passengers:—Hon. H. K. Taiaroa, M.L.C., and the following M.H.E. s : —Sir Sir John Hall, Messrs Buxton, Jones, Pratt, Loughrey, Joyce, Feldwick, and Blake. Volunteers.—The scores in the match, Ist Canterbury Kines v 2nd Devon Regiment, have been received from India, and show that the Ist C.X.V. have won by 13 point 3, which is very satisfactory, as they are firing with. Sniders against MartiniHenrys. Scores —Ist CJfci.V., 706; 2nd Devon, 753. Mails.—The s.s. Wairarapa, due at the Bluff to-day, will be the bearer of an English mail, dated London, July 20th, and Australian correspondence to August 28th. The English mail via Brindisi, which left here on the 20th July, was due in London yesterday. The direct mail, which left Lyttelton on the 27th July, is due in London to-day. CouESiNQ. — The United Canterbury Coursing Club have fixed their fiual coursing meeting of the season for Thursday next, on the Pareora Estate, near Tiniaru. Entries for both the Champion Stakes and Sapling Stakes must be made by nine o'clock to-morrow evening at the Shamrock Hotel, 1 imaru, where the drawwill take place. Lodge's Tkmpeban-ch Rest. — There was a good attendance at the concert held at Lodge's Temperance Rest on Saturday night. The programme consisted of songa, duets, part songs, dialogues, and recitations, by Misses Long (3), Hopper, Fuller, Florance, and Messrs Topham, Long, Mason, Hall, Young, Wood, Woodward, Allpress, Jones, and Howe. Mr Topham occupied the chair, and at the close of the meeting deliyeretLa, abort and appropriate lof the ratepayers of the North-East Ward I wa3 held on Saturday night, at the Star I and Garter Hotel, to consider the advis[l ableness of securing a candidate to represent the ward. Mr F. Guinness occupied «he chair, and it was ultimately resolved to jUfek Mr W. H. Cooper to come forward. Mr flotoper has consented, and his nomination jXper was signed. Mr Prudhoe, the retirinj- Councillor for the North-West Ward, ha| consented to come forward for reeleition. mjPBEME Coubt. —The civil session of Jlkknowledqements.—TMffHSnager 01 thejlndustrial School, Burnham, bega to acknowledge receipt with thanks of a parcel of periodicals for the use of the children from the teachers of the Durham Street Wesleyan Sunday-school, through Mr R. E. Dowle. The I reasurer to the Charitable Aid Board desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt, per Captain Garsia, of one guinea, voted by the TJ.A.O.D., Star of Anglesea Lodge, Lincoln, towards the Queen's Jubilee Memorial Home. Dbuids. —The Ivy of Linwood Lodge ■ held its fortnightly meeting at the East • belt on Thur day evening last, A.D. Bro. , Penfold presiding. A letter from the hallkeeper was read, notifying to the Lodge ' that it would have to vacate the Oddfel- ! lows' Hall, as it waslet. The Arch Druid, ! Vice-Arch, and Secretary were appointed I to confer and report re obtaining a suit- . able place in which to hold meetings. '. Harmony and refreshments were indulged " in, and the Arch Druid closed the Lodge in ! due form. It was remarked that it was ; the first time on record in which an earth- [ quake had assisted at the closing cere- , mony. Jonathan Roberts. —In the course of ' his sermon last night, the Rev. J. J. Lewis ■ said that at an inquiry meeting held at the - Oddfellows' Hall two years ago a youna; man of fine physique came to him, asked ' him to be his friend, and lead him to a better life. The young man, though of 1 respectable parents, had just been liberated i from gaol, after having served a term of . imprisonment. The rev. gentleman assisted \ to get him employed in the way he desired, but the criminal bent was so strong < in him that he soon fell into his old ways, i If anyone knew of his whereabouts the ■ police would be glad of the information, as he was " wanted." His name was Jonathan Roberts. • Police Change. — Constable William Lawier, who has been so favorably known in the Canterbury district for the past eleven years, has recently resigned from ; the police force, and is about to take a trip Home for the benefit of his health. : Mr Lawlor is best known in Christchurch ■ and Lyttelton, but he haa a large circle of I friends all over and is one of ■ the most popular-Men in the local force , among his own comrades. As an officer ; he was always reliable and painstaking, with a good share of common sense. His , comrades contemplate suitably.reoognising ■ the esteem in which he was field by them. Mr Reilly, of the Permanent Artillery, Lyttelton, has been transferred to Christl church, and will fill the vacancy caused by • Constable Lawlor's resignation. • Thx' Chtjbch Pbopebtt Tbtjst Estate. ; —In a summarised etatement of the acl counts laid before the Diocesan Synod, ; which appeared in the PBESs'df last FriL day, it was stated that the liabilities on the General Church Trust Estate exceeded ', the assets by about As thia might ■ lead to some misapprehension, it should be i mentioned that'the assets alluded to were ■ exclusive of the landed es ate; that is to • say, there is a debt of .£15,000 on an estate valued at about ten times that amount. I Thie debt has ibeea incurred to provide l grants towards the building of churches, • schools and parsonagos, which in themselves ! represent a valne very much in excess of l the debt. It should be added that the I Sinking Fund, which now amounts to about r' by special trustees, is accumui lating for the purpose of meeting the liaI bilities on the general estate. ■ I St. Albans School. —A concert in aid of i the prize fund was given by the scholars atr tending the Main and Side Schools on Friday ' evening, and waa well attended, the room f being packed to the fullest extent. After > the concert Mr T. Gordon, the Chairman, i distributed the prizes. Each child who I passed a Standard received a reward. There were five boys who had passed from j Standard 111. to Standard V. in one year, i These received a double reward. Those ; - named below succeeded in viz.,. 3 H. Dixon, F. Leach, C. Newell, C. Pearson and G. Richardson, while Emily Richardsdnbassed ironi§t/naattlLto Standard ' 111 "aim-Ada Richardson from the infant i 9 class to Standard 11. within the year. 3 After the prizes were distributed the Chairman moved a hearty vote of thanks ' to Mr James Speight, Headmaster of the 1 Main School,* Miss Smith, Headmistress 1 of the Side School and the staff, for the very favorable report on the attainments - of the scholars which had been obtained, - and which was due to the admirable way > the teachers had worked during the pa3t s year The motion on being put, was - carried by acclamation. The Headmaster 1 suitably replied, and invited all parents; 9 and guardians to meet him at ttie main r School oh Tuesday next, at 2 p.m., for the; j purpose of talking over school matters.

account of the effects of the I quake, with illustrations, appear *T j where. "** *j Mixing Rktituns.—Mr James Vw,i $ son has received I the manager as follows ■- Gbh TfS* * amalgam from 17a tons; KwoLn 7 ? '-* 32007, amalgam from 175 tons P Dark - I Photoukaphs of thkSi'ie'e-w. j, I received from Mr \V. E. Worrell' of tL r£ T * I terbury Art Studio. pl.otoSL O I Cathedral spire taken ou I ing after the earthquake shock Th 7 H characterised by wonderful ~* dehnition, and show in a vorv Jwf- ' ' way the destructive effects ofS* " earthquake. Mr Sorrell has tav z the Cathedral from three aspects andT? 1 I views will be oxtmnely taluuble J*? record of the evont. There will Pjq ml " be a largo demand for copies of the iZt graphs to send home to friends in by the outgoing mail. s * CON-GBKQATIONAL UjflON.—-The IW T\ Hanmiy and Mr Henry Leo, who L . * deputation from the English Union totk! colonial Congregational Churches arrive? on Saturday. Mr Leo lectured at ft Linwood Congregational Church last niX and the Rev. Dr. Hsiuiiay conducted servi" at the Trinity Church. Manchester stwrt - There was a largo congregation at the latter place ot worship. Dr. Hanaw preached a very eloquent sermou ont£ words » Jesus Christ is the some yeetetC to-day and for ever." The oongwi " hon listened in rapt Dr. Hamiay proiwdod to unfold hie them* using a varied and apt choice of lanffmurea&t appropnatoillustr.ition. iuid his delivervft may be added, is very dwir nod inipres4« The mormon was a vory eloquent discoun.' on the unchaugingnoss of Christ na the - groat central trntii of tho Cliriatjan rJ hgiou, affording the Church tha ground of its nrmest hopes aud neverfailing eonsola)tion to the Christian believer. Tho instantaneous photoffraphe by Stands and Fresco aro uucqualleU. Studio,,"Sis m!? PiiiLosoi-niru, 7 vptitite. -An ordln&r. meeung of the Lnati'.uio will b« held onlS day nest, when Proieasc.r Hutton win »llvv paper on tho gulilflelda of Now ZeeiaM. -' Tobacco Pjiokix.;.—Hardly any of out 1 numerous public-spirited societies (says 1 Sf. Jit7n*s's Gntette) ia more eucceuful thau anti-tobacco ivssccintions in meeting with the exceptions which are necessary to prove the rule it seeks to enforce. There ie now ' living at Tarbes an old gentleman -who ha» smoked every day since ho was ilfteea tob.-icco to the value of 2]d. He is in excellent health, and on the 21st of August ~ nest he will complete his llSth year; co that at a moderate computation ho hag »~ far blown fiwiiy about a ton and a half o| . tobacco. And when the quality of fee tobiicoo which finds favor in the Pyrenees i≤ borne in mind the case is more than e»er a striking exception to the sound rule,that •-, the weed is noxious aud unwholesome M,\ Joseph Ribas—that is the name of fliij -.. conririned smoker, who yut has time to Kβ the error of his Avays —has outlived an4^. v outnumbered the year 3of a father, mother, brother and nnclo, none of whom spent less than 111 years on oarth. Tiik bwKATiKO Systt.m.—From the Dm* ', \dce Advertiser's special < correspondent \loarn tliat, on an mado by him jinto the sweating system in Glasgow,he ■ Ascertained that the raix'si paid for makinj clothes by young girls and women was, for L vest Id to :M, trousers 2id to 3d, aud 4d lor specials, coats to 3d. They worked iroui 9 a.m. till 7 p.m., with an interval of , half-an-hour for dinner. The aretage wages thus earned was from 7s 6d to 10s |joi" week. A statement which had gun*.. Ihe round of the United Kingdom that \t ivas possible for a gentleman to get a iraifr t tif clothes " built" for 2s 5d is thus oanJjgHMdat«£ome of the incidents connec-ted the enquiries into the sweating system seem incredible, while the amount" of suffering which many of tho have to endure is simply hoartrohding.'; A ProNKßii iSettler.—The Nelson Mail ■ referring to the decease of Mr'-T&chfe. maker, says he was among the first of thoM ": who took up sheep runs in the Otago Province. He purchased sheep in Ne&onin : 1854, and drove tlierni over overland tojl country a little south of Oamaru. The. journey occupied between two and three, years, and bristled with difficulties, and dangers from start to finish, not the last among them being the crossing of the formidable rivers on the way, especially thaw south of Christchurch, hVsoine instance* &i sheep having to be taken over: odiWfe constructed of flax sticks. The Buceen which Mr Tescheraalier untinatdjr achieved was certainly 'well earned, for. the hardships encountered can scarcely be appreciated in these days of luxury, while the fortitude and patient perseverance manifested in their: ea« durance, and tho energy and pluck required to overcome the many obstruction! met with, were such as to 'mark pioneer settler of the true type.