NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7215, 28 November 1888, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Caledonian Socibtt.—A special general meeting of the members of the Canterbury Caledonian Society will be held this evening at their rooms at eight o'clock. Leoal. —His Honor Mr Justice "Ward returned from the Court of Appeal yeaterday morning, and will ait in Chambers at ll to-iUy. . CoLiiEQii social smoke oon« oart in connection wibh the Christs , College Rifles will be held in the Orderly Koom this erening. BfAtUSTBATB'sCoURT.RANCIIOEA.—AtttUb Court, yesterday morning, before W. Bon and A. Ivory, Esqs., in the case of Ashley Koad Board v B. Brown, £1, judgment wm for plaintiff with costs.

Acclimatisation Society.—The meeting of the Council of the above will b« held oh Thursday afternoon this month, instead of Wednesday as usual. HoSFfTAt AND » ftAttltAßlE AID BOABD. , —The election, of members of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board will take plate this afternoon at three o'clock, at the Provincial Council Chamber. BbatljJO Ttfti Eboobd.—The Rangior* Magistrate's Court sat for the disposal <Jf public business, terdny mornifl g.and dealt with the cases brought for ard withia three-quarters of a minute by the Court Jiouee clock. . ' *""\ AcciDEWT at Oxfobd.—On Friday last Mr Joseph Pearson, who -tons getting ottt of his baggy nt FairJield, slipped and broke his. leg above the ankle. He wfta attended by t)r. Weld, and, though advanced in life, Mr Pearson is doing $a nsott as can be expected, . ADDINrtTON I*ABIBH ; MaoAZINS, -~ The editor of this publication desires us to mention that, owing t» delay in forwarding the stipplementa ft*om England, the issue of the magazine for November has had to lie ddfeited from the beginning to thfe <&d .Of^thia : mojiih. , , ■StOEtiNQ. — The following stftkea -were paid . over yeuterday after-..., ioett in ■ connection withe the meet •of the Canterbury Trotting Club on Saturday ' last:—if. McKay, .223 15a; A. J , . Keith, .823 15b; J. Hanson, £\Q ; J. ■ knight, jfilOi G. Mcßain, saj J. ~ jardine, £14, 0a; 0. Sharp, £11 17J Wi H. Mace, M : 15b ; B..Edwards, £4 15s j J. Farrar, £2fa Od. The total amount paid oVer'TCaa .£137 15s. Sfoiifs. — The adjoiMed meetincr of the above WoB held at the Springaton Hotel on Friday, November 23rd,.theve l>eing about twenty persons pre* sent, and with. £1 13s 7d in hand from last ' year projuiseS 'let the" coming sports. It was decided that the sports should, consist of ■ hptde events, viz., httrdle race, three j quai*tei?s of a mile flat and otic and' a half flat, and a three-mile trot and coTlsolattofl! general athletics and childreU's "Sports. Two Comtttittties were ! dnbsen, one fof th 6 hdr&e • events and the other 1 to manage the athletics, <tc. Subscriptions are solicited in aid of the above, arid-will be received by atiy of the CvAniittee. . ' ' '• '• Spd&Ts AssoeiATioN. — \'A g&ieiaX ttteeting of the members of tW« Assttciation Was held in the Library, CMy " Council Chimbef s, last evening. A lettte %aS tead from the H.A.C.|$- Social^, fstating that they were •willing to c&----i operate frith the Association, and tttit ' delegates' had "been appointed from thit body. The canvassers i*ep6rted that they had obtained some good prizes, and thit a'liberal programme would be issued, tt wtas decided tO'RdVertise for tender* fdr one publidac's and one confectioher*a •bootn, ite6 for the right of sports andu bfass band. After some roxitine bueuie|i ■ fil4 nieektaf? adjournod to WednGsd^i JbeoeaiberSth. ' ' i

''i' L A Chinese Qaeoemkb in thb AshlOT. , *- Trioraiflg a Chinese vegetable seller; with his horse and cart, wero etackjin Crossing; the Ashley river. John gave nle Howe a pull round to go back, when bifiiself, his load of cabbages, horse and trap Were overturned. The <"hinamafl mfiM for shore. "With some difficulty the bot& waa liberated, but the trap remained ite some time in thi± water. The wheels goittj? round with th 6 current; suggested to the spectators the idea of dome one having ■ started a new motor, o* an attempt to di»cover perpatual motion. As to the heathen Chinee, he wfts cursing everybody becattf» there" ia nd traffic bridge, treating Mβ affair aSanothetfinsulfc to the Celedw Eoipire. FftOKBW Meat CfllßOfie m Lo»td6»jTlie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has just !»«* auvlße'd by cablegram from London w.we risduitioti of what ia known Aβ Wβ " Management fate," from id to l-6ta<«!» penny p"er lb On frozea meat. tfl?w» benefit ot those who may not be ftWsrt W the basis of this rate we may say tfiat it includes receiving and delivering, and storage for four weeks from the time of breaking bulk in the vessel's froeong cha > i bers. The Loan and Mercantile Cover -pany has been working towards for dome time, and shippers will doubtleM. be glad to leara that their efforts M« IWen ad far succeesful. The reductkß takes effect from December let prox., aai, in conjunction with the rece« ■freight contract at l|d per lb, shoSW stimulate the export of frozen meat cos* ,riider»biy. : EH.KBJIEBS Eesatta.— A CommittM 'meeting Was held in Spring's Hotw. Lecaton, on Monday evening last. TheW ;*as aiaij? attendance present, Mr A. Lew* {an., tho chair. It was reeoltw hat the Kegatta be held on Mondavi $e«ember 17th. It was also decided w> ttsk the public for their hearty co-optt** tion and patronage. Mesers Todd, B. Finohftm, end T. Fincham'a names irere added to the Committee. The question « the band, also of letting the privileges, ftaa deferred till next meeting. It *&» decided to hold three sailing races, coa<£tiooa aud rules to be drawn up and presented to next meeting ( also the following rowing race* oar, distance one mile, open * ■ Bonble Sculls, distance tifo 1 Wiles> Qppnt Sin lie Sculls, distance one * itiite, also opeit; all the races to,take with boats to be p*oyided by the fijiermcH, os iUbject to the approval of theCotwnittee, &ud to be rowed with W Without owuwoiM. In addition to the bbtt «oe«,' it was decided to have -*p»to"if f afiddpermitted.

Cess Ci.tn»*-The Mated m f*™S °f <*«* Club «eJ-U.3«J a satirfaotory report wd balance-sheet were presented, Hookham was re-elected £cesidenfc. ArewmpoStion unongst tie f***™ ofUtt e AZ££ B -3T»»*yevening ISlisses CjSpion and K. Smethurst, of drivW along the -North road, SerenpWt from a buggy horse £ hyia*,«ai both *er« meah-brttiaea, but fortunately no bones were broken. Thk Rose Show.—ln consequence of the rerr inclement weather, the Committee of the" Horticultural Society are considering the question of altering the rose show A special meeting 6f the Committee will be held to-day to consider the matter. LTTTEI.TOS Matobalty.—This election takes place to day, there being two candidates for the chair, Messrs J. B. Milsom and S. B- Webb, the present Mayor. On Monday Mr VTebb expressed hi 3 views m'bdxaogii matters to the ratepayer*' In 'tfi£ OSdMlcwe Hall i arid last night' Mr J. B. Milsom was to address them at £he site place. ■ VOLUKTKEB PbOJDCNAKE CoXCIRT. —It Bμ been arranged to hoH a promenade concert at the Drillshed on the tith December, at which the remainder of the goods from the late bazaar will oe offered tor sale at very low prices. A. very excellent programme of music has been arranged, and no doubt there will be a large attendance of visitors on the occasion. _ ." Xoca&i.t-]cax>£ G£as«wab».—There is on'vfewat the shop of Mr "Isaacs, tobac coniet, High street, next the White Hart Hotel, an exhibit of the glassware that has been made in the recent experiments carried on at the Christchurch Gasworks, •which have already been referred to in these columns. The articles are made of plain and colored glass, and the collection comprises varices kinds of bottles, tumblers, wine glasses, jam jars, rases, lamp tfumwys, 4c. The exhibit is an interesting one* and well worth inspection. MnaiCAi. —On Sunday afternoon last, the following programme of music was played by the < anterbury Catholic Literary godetj's brats band at the Bishop's Palace, •Bwbadoes street, under t*e leadership of •J£r P. Mohr, Junr,: —Quick march, Sacred jS«as (H. Eound); selection, "Luisa JS-ller" (Verdi); grand marche, "Aux Jfrunbeaox" (Sootson Clark); selection, "Pride Of Ireland" (H. Bound); quick tasefa." Kathleen Mavonrneen " (Crooch); Belectkm, " Iphigenia in Tauris " (Gluck) ; quick march, "Celestial Sounds" (H. Jopt&d). 1 , Wiihi Football Cltib.—A highly sucecetfol concert in aid of the funds of this -Ciebcame off on Friday last, in the Oddfellows' Hall, Geraldine, whieli was tasteftdly decorated with nags, evergreens, <&<!., Mr & H. Pearpoint; VicePreeadant of the Club, occupied the chair. Songs w@-e given by Hisses Andrews, Deuk (£)> Dunlop, Menziee and Mrs Burn, and by Messrs Griffin, Early and Bunt. Dnetfi were contributed by Miss Menzies '■*&$ Mr Aitken, rausical selections by the 'Misses Bean, and a recitation by Mr litiai. Hie accompanists .were Miss Dean (2} and Andrews, with Mrs Barn. A danoe was held at the conclusion of the eoneert, Mr T. Hart, the Club's Captain, actiag as M.C., aad the music being' supfKed by Mr W. Bedford, Dancing was continued till about 2 a.m. '.' SwutsiKS Club. —At a meeting of the the Christchurch Amateur Swimming Club Oonuaittee the following members were •.electedt—Messrs L. G. Cohen, J. A. CayWJi, J. Kennedy, B. Allen, 6.t. Walker, &fflnfirs, i,.ir.App , eby,W.P. Tait, W. Jmdetson, H. N. Anderson, J). Bell, and iebester. The cold weather of late has ierioudy affected the attendance at the jwifch. anrl. aa a oonaequence, it was sot •easidered expedient to do anything «t present in the way of monthly matches, . which became popular last year. For a * nfnfiiluT reason it was decided to hold the p-tfiual aqttatift' sports a little later in the b— v>n. These will take place on Saturday, J«itu*ry 12th, and will include tub rates, feteeptechase competitions; and so on. ~ StplSham Bakd qv Hopjb.— The Sydeaof Hope held another ■Very; .successful laeeting in the schoolroom on Monday night.. The schoolroom was filled to overflowing, a great many baring far stand.- Bey. L. M. Isitt w*e Chairman, and opened the meeting with pfay~er. After a hymn had been sung 4be following programme was started, but, anfortanately, owild not be finished for ■feet .cf tune:—Becitations by Misses Hoddinctt, Ethel Ware, and Master -*WC Hall; pian<rfort€ sold, by Kiss Nellie duet, by Mesdames Wright ahd %rith; and song by Mr Bnseelf Halley, for which he was encored, and* sang another *vag; and the two dialogues -entitled. ""The Pawnbroker's Shop, or Going in for MtUßf," and " The Prodigal's Eeturn," by aeo&en of the Dialogue Society. The Aeeting then closed by singing rite

. -SOUTKBBOOK SCHOOL • CoKKITTEB.—A ;¥*■**?»£ of this Committee was held On -Mcbday. Present —Messrs Seed, Sanaom, EBfe, wQlig, and Shepherd. In the ablateof the Chairman, Mr W. Sanaom was ,tcfed to tihe chair. Correspondence was tteß from the Board of Education, appointJag3t2m E. Thwaites as pupil teacher of ifbunhooL The Master's report was read, f*64ebowed the number of children on the n&to be 177, aed the average attendance for the past month 145. It was decided that the school break up for four weeks' holiday on December 30th, and the prine to be given out on the same day; also to have the usual entertainment on Ifcanday, ]>ec«mbee 19th. Mr Onmberwocth to be asked to examine the school forprues. It wae arranged to leave the

consideration of the Inspector's report Wktil a special meeting, to be held in JtuM weeks. After, passing accounts, the meeting adjourned.

Tkk Lite Doe Show.—A meeting was tttldat Warner's Hotel last night of the who had the ciiange- of *t&e recent Bog Show. Mr F. Bombrain occupied the chair. A Tinmber of letters were read wbteh trere not of any public importMte The S«te*etary reed a rough bed-aace-aheet, which showed that the receipts had amounted to .£136 Is ,6d, and the expenditure jBSS 6s 3d. The assets were £12 'IBaed, and liabilities J&t4 6e4d. 'Him left » clear balance of JEI6 7s sd, and there were permanent assets of j£l6. The result of-tha Show was considered to "be satisfactory. Exception was taken to certain retoarka whick appeared in a local paper concerning Colonel Bailey's djsqualifieation at the late show, as the -question having been referred to the Kennel Club, was sub iwftce. Mr Wart mentioned that he had taa atsonverSation with Mr K. Jβ. N. Twopeny, who had informed him that an effort would be made to hold a large Bog-Show at t4» coming Exhibition in Bunedin. On the motacsof Mr Hamer, it was deviled to obtain certificates for presentation to the owners of prise dogs.

"_;*?•,; M*itSbw , B Bjlsd o* Ho**.—The *at' Meeting of the new year was 'JaeM. oa Monday evening in the fioolroom, St. Albans. The Presi'46ft. (Ben H. J. purchase) took the jaair, etjpported by Mr Bcaie, M "Waltham (a representatiTe of the Band of Hope Union). There were abottt.l4o juvepiks and adulte present The proceedings having been opened by singing _ a hymn, and the general confession and Lord's Prayer having '•wen said, the President gave a most instructive address on the good work done in England bj the Church of England Jemperance Society, and showed that we i&ad our work to do in the colony in the caoee of temperance. Mr Bone then ~gsve an address, which was very amnsing and instructive, in which he urged all Church of England children, both boys md.girls, to remain true to their pledge tad to be total abstainers all their lives. The programme included songs and recitations, givett by tome o< the younger members, which vera very well rendered. Mr Bone also kindly gave two songs duriHg the evening. A vote of was passed to Mr Bone for his Very interesting address. The meeting concluded with tfae ttsual scafer a&d benediction, -

,2F,Z. Shutihg Coxpasty. annual g^^alWetinj? of the BhWeholdera la the above Company will be held at noon to-day at the offices, Hereford street.

Pkbsokai,.—Judges Ward and Williams arrived yesterday morning from the North, t>er s.s. the Canbetbutypaaeengers ex the B.M 9.9. lonic. ' Lboil.—Ht fi. Aslin was yesterday Admitted as a solicitor o£ tais Supreme Court before bis Honor tiie Chief Justice at Wellington, on the application of Mr ii. pAtACB BiK* 4 -^-There- wae a lairg* attendance last night at the Palace Skating Eint. The main attraction was some so-calied burlesque skating. To-day the Bini will be open at %h.& usual hours. of quarterly meeting of the Chamber of will be held at 2.30 p.m. tosiay, when there will be a discussion on the subject of the proposed changes in railway charges, and aIBO re exhibits at the Paris Exhibition. ft The Msssiajb.* , —A rehearsal of "The Messiah" for the forthcoming Christmas Festival took place last night in the Durham street Wesleyan Schoolroom, when 270 voices were present. The rehearsal went well throughout. Ovk Educational will be found an interview by our special reporter with MrDixon.SLP. and a mem bex of one of the English Boards of Education, on our educational system.. . Fißti AiiAßM.—The whistle at the railway eUtion Bounded an alarm at a quarter to three this morning, and a blftte could be seen in the direction of Walthaffl. Particulars of the fire had not been received when we went to press. Castebbdbt bltlx AseoouTioN. —At a council meeting of the Association held yesterday it was decided to defer holding the annual prize meeting until later in the year than usual, and in the meantime to assist in making a success of the prizefiring to be held on the volunteer range on Boxing DayV Cautkbbukx Fbuii. — Stimulated no doubt by the recent importations of American apples, two of our Christcharch fruiterers, Messrs Young and Stewart, have forwarded samples of Canterbury-grown fruit to show what we can do. The fruit in question comprises cooking and dessert apples. Of the former sort Messrs Young and Stewart send some Tery fine French crabs, a very excellent firm juicy applei The dessert kind is Stunner pippin, which is well flavoured, and of good quality. The apples in question were piokedin March last, and are in fine condition, evidencing alike in flavour and quality that We call grow fruit here quite equal, if not superior, to any that can be imported. A Hvw FrBE Extinguishes.—At the meeting of the Ashburton Borough Council on Monday the Mayor reported that the Aahburton traffic bridge had again been on fire, and that the fire would have been' a vfery serious one bad it not been for the Timely assistance of several passers by. It appeared that one of these wae a lady, who had with her a quantity of herbal beec.andseeingthe serious nature of the pro-' speotive conflagration, she instantly sacrinded the popular fluid to the extinguishing of the flames. The new and decidedly novel hand-grenades were Tery successful in their operations, and a costly bridge was saved by the timely arrival and. ready wit of one of the gentler sex. The Councilpassed a vote of thanks to the lady, and voted her a sum euffioient to. recoup her the loss of the herbal beef. This harmless beverage should, have an enhanced, value after this. Death: or Tom KiHe."*TJie'r death is announced of the once well-known member of the prize ring, Tom Eong* which took place at his residence in Clapham Pack. Be was born in Stepney in 1836, and was brought up as a sailor, but he left, the sea to work in the docks, where his frequent fitfbte with his mates brought him under tfae notice of Jem Ward, who introduced him to the ring as his novice. He soon made a name for himself within the ropes, and he was taken up by Nat Langham, under Whose tutelage he challenged and fought Jem Mace for the championship. Hβ was defeated, but ultimately again met his old opponent, whom he, in ■ tarn, defeated and deprived of hia title as champion/ King relinquished the belt, and declared his career as a pugilist at ah end. He retired, "but was induced to withdraw front bis retreat by a challenge to fight Heenan for a thousand pounds a side. The two met at Wadhurst on December. 10th, 1863, and after twenty-four rounds in thirty-five minutes, Heenan was defeated. This victory brought King prominently undeP.public notice. Next crying his hand at sculling, he beat Ted May, of Lambeth, and James Percy, of Newcastle-oa-Tyne. . On February 2Sth, 1865, he lowed Caffin from Putney to Mortlake, and, after a foul, the umpire decided that the nice should be rowed over azain, on whioh occaaion King was beaten for the first time, and with his defeat withdrew from aquatics. He subsequently became a wellknown man among the racing fraternity.