NEWS OF THE. DAY.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7263, 24 January 1889, Page 4

NEWS OF THE. DAY.

English Wail.—The E.TM.S: Ksiltonrtyj,! with the English mail, left Hobart forces [ Zealand at 11 a.m. to-day. ... . [

Judge WaroY Intektions.—His Honor 11 Mr Justice AVard informs ua that he til If no intention of retiring, but will reaaat. || the duties of District. Court Judga. ' 11| Crops at Woo__nd. —There are -__§ jf very heavy crops 'about Woodend thkMl season, but the sparrows have made 8.1 fl havoc among those that ripened early, , I m Wellin-otoK EuaATTA.T-'fhe Bowing Club will probably be represeafesi | _ at the above regatta, to he held he. § f month, in the Ladies' Plate and Jt»i..|!i Fours. The crew at.present consists of W. Sinclair, G. A. lmin, N, 'M I Oalbrait—,and J. Raid. • g|| I Camtbisbubt Trottino ,<OS_%-Thß P| following stakes were paid on 7. ttttg-ty ev_ ||| this Club's meet—£ oa Satard_Tl_st!—A, flf B_yuo-d__ -319; W, D. Marsh, M; G. fl! Hurke, .£23 lfis j T. Walter, _£_. IBs? J. fig Wright. .£l9. J. Johnston, £14 o-i J.IM B6rry, £A 15s; T. liynskey, £i 15a; W, Iff B. .Clarkson, _£. 15s; total, -3152. f4f 2__.OHIO, Lwtbiton. '— _tfe_t.— _iS| called in our advertising' columns to -»lg| iUßtallation of Bro. J. H. Schmidt _..W.M,||| of the Lodge of Unanimity, No. 6Q4,C.C,||| and the investiture of his officers, w%. p| takes: -place thia evening . (Thu»_m.g| This boing the oldest. Lodge in the 8-fjt-Hj Island; aid, second oldest in New Z?_t4s4p| it _ e_pectod that a great numberof mm- j|| beta of the craft will be present., - .• || 'Stoats ano Wbas—.b..— ■ An Am__r!-J || correspondent writes on January 22adi- | "Another stoat or weasel w,_ brought _-s I Amberley to-day from Bracken!leld.. -& li makes four of these abominable • pesis if which have been seen* dead or alive/M-? I close to Amberley,' Complaints have bet. 1 rife among, the farmers of poultry on. laaiba found dead, with the Thug-li-brand of the stoat or weasel on them.' If this is a sampler of what we may expect when the ' natural enemy of the-raid—-' becomes thoroughly acolimatis.d, fe hms a badtlook-Otit ibefdro-_ i. _-eßelbrnfe. I must have travelled at least.fifty miles," j A PAPKB-yoa thb MAii..-—ln tho new 1 number -he Agi-icultural Eeportes of &« t Weekly Press has gone to some trouble to j set cer—in. jrecent trials, fully and fairly before the . publio in an article entities | ♦• 1%0 Days with the Bqavpers aad ___u_srt." wbjchy is, well worth reading. _a taiide 1 on the Cold Lakes of New Zea_s- setfort— ti number of facts'about eot-eof tf» acetiery in this island, which will be -0-itf hovel and interesting alike by _- »**■ 4ents and now_comerß. Those fe _iii*y*ifer__ing will find in fhbisitMa minute account 61 the model f_r_ of wis Aylesbury Dairy Company, one cf the\ greatest uuccessea yet achieved in tbislnre.: The Eowing Notes, including a chstlf 4 letter on "Boats that have Names,"and ; the athletic columns, with their r600»« experience, hv training, are '«_—® k^ ol2 " mended to athletes. In the dras-9^. p 3 we observe a further instalmea. of th. fraah " Student Life in Leipsic." Lbqai.—His "Honor Judge Ward, aa* nounced, in the Supreme Court yesterosy morning, that he had received ins-racta™ frcm the Gov-nmenfc to-flnish any <*** upon which he was engaged. He ™* telegraphed the previous day to *ht Premier, pointing out that they were no* in the middle of the session, mi ftstonj He b_d l a«»* received a and under, the .ci«u®* stances he had decided not to go on wixa any' fjeah cases. ; His Honor weowtt a telegram . frohi the yesterday v afternoon stating ttot we interests of Buitora would best met by his completing the «e88oa,»»» it was left to his discretion whsvtf®*"* shonldtake. His Honor, on receipt of W« telegram; called together the member- « I the Bar, when it waadeoidedt-«», on,ifU the list, which was called over. -. ~ A.O.F.—The' fortnightly wefiftML*™ Court Star of Canterbury, A.o._V*jl held on Monday evening, at the Towm™" Hall, O-tfovd terrace, ihe &J* j occupied by tlie. C.ft. elect, B* * B;-Da-dson, and, with .ft i» ception, aU the retiring aad _f co bfli-ers wore present. The report «* * Ulanag—aent Committee waa 1*«_ I _S_ the meeting, and the C.K. caUed a** to the, acQuttiiiiation of, funda. a.J'jJ inviting thoso present to asaist » investment. Tho installation of for the coming half-year by formal resolution- the « B, %j£ oliicers were thanked for $*Ji_ vices, and tho C. E. «<J_ve the regalia presented^w^ '„&. I whd-e fulfilmeat or duty bus w*,SSb factory to the Court, aud the ! was suitably acknowledged. A w*»* was granted to a member l&rVjjgJ, colony. One candidate wi_ duly _ and the reports ro the d-ttiofc'.""SSS \ the sick membere, and the J« wa read aad considered. Some \oofe disen—ion aneut the juvenile place, in which several membera 3 and it was finaUy resolved to ask tw ' _ to consider the advisability of f f r ?i V other » eR *? .fha tend its usef ulxtess and pe— meetifgtheu tfoM, the Secreter| ing the -aohth- receipta at jß2w« , _ # '{'■:,.- ' ' " "

"**■ _ t _«__—-—A boy named Alex. yesterday by Conon a charge of stealing a box rf _ c on the 33rd inst. A. A. North on "Vocal Phyexhibit the Jenny Lind *£gta, for voice production at the to-nigh*- ~, . B°*»» Ci.UB.-The following .JIS, have been received for the *_™ti«r race on Saturday next at three scratch G H. _A_k.7___A Louisson 7sec, R. Bradbury G. Smart 12sec, G. ?__; l-STc. U. Partridge 1 _ec, C. R, AUender 14aeo £ T__T__ec. L. -Bonnington l_«ec J. Watt £j£ JLA. Scott 17-ec, and L. W. Bourke

?X____ ! t's Co-X-ax En__-.—The Christ's jjge Bine Corps held their annual last evening, wnen a satisfactory balance-sheet were presente_ ytwas reported that the Be-uiting Com-irit_eh_--ucc_eded in obtaining twentyand the strength of the corps wi no* one below the ~~ lTnnm ' A fall report appears elsewhere. Th___ Eicprs-ons —-An excursion will be -—.to New Brighton this evening. The gfcnmore Band wiU accompany the tram, 3__T will leave Cathedral square at frgQpjn. A torchlLight excursion will be jm InTthe Canterbury Tramway Combm_ this evening. The tram will leave Se Square at 7.15 p.m. The Sydenham ■*imA will accompany the excursion. The torches will be used, as the moon does not gC-TALora-t.—The ordinary reeetrngof fhe FA winning Lodge, X.A.0.3., was held 4ast night, and after transact—lg some tontine business adjourned. It was repoired to hold a special meeting to-morrow lWJiiTi_[. iv comn_moration of the birth of gobert Bun—. Host Christie and the jßOßbers of the Kilwinning Lodge intend ceUbrating the event by a haggis supper, to which all brethren are invited. The frfgcp- will be served at 10 p.m. Wool——O Sports Co__cinT___. —A meetis* of this Committee waa held at the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday evening to settle accounts. Mr Archer was voted to the chair. Tbe Treasurer reported a CB—it ba-aoce of £7 after paying all known Eabiliti—. Votes of thanks were passed to Secretary (Mr W. Smith) and s—surer (Mr Shi-ton.) At the annual .mpper held subsequently the following toasts were duly honored: —" '1 he Queen," "Af-ay, Navy, and Volunteers," m Fanners," ** Local Industries," " Woodend Sports," "Kindred Sports/ "Press," " __c Secretary and Treasurer," " The Ladies." Some capital songs enlivened

tl» proceedings. , Pa_ btjli Ac—D_—it atKaiapoi.—Yesterday morn;ing, about 3 o'clock, Mr Edward Scott, one of the employes at the Kaiapoi Woollen Works, met with a painful accijfleot to raie of his arms. He was employed in. the night shift, and was engaged in foxing a carding engine. During his -walk round the machine, an elbow caught in the roller, which twisted the arm, laeera—rig it as well as injnring the bones at the joint name— Drs. Murray and P_no_i were instantly summoned, and

reduced the fracture. -.. Wju_ __-__n_i Habbob Boaed.—At the ___! meeting, to pass the accounts, held at _aispoi on Monday, the balance-sheet, 6_j_*wiug receipts .£196 12s 2d, was 3H|_p—_ The principal sources of revenue were—From balance 1887, J_6 10s 4d; sale of dredge, JE3O; sale of old mill, £\0 6s; transfera,-22 2s; rents, J-147 14s lOd. The expenditure^—For _te_etary_ Hilary, office, and legal expenses, £33 2s lOd; in clearing the river, __28 Is 6d; _arv_J_, JBI3 11b 6d; pilotage, _c, £67 8s 9d; property, £7 5s 6d; balance, -.45 Is Id. The assets were put down at .£1696 18a Id; liabilities, __ lis 6d. School Picanc—On Tuesday the chilftr_.afctendi—g St. Joseph's Catholic School, "Lyttdton, had their annual picnic at ' Eks——* Bay. The youngsters, in charge al the Bibv. Father Kiekham and their

teachers, and accompanied by the Hiber__i Bs_d, Christ—lurch, besides a large _-_uJber of parents and visitors, were conveyed by Messrs Agar and Roberts' tw__!_. Arrived at Mr Williams' grounds, .thai gentleman kindly placed a shady j_d spacious paddock at their, disposal, where the _n__. games and sports were -eagerly entered into, with intervals for __fres___its, cons-sting of an abundant __—pply of sandwiches, buns, tea, ginger beer, &c, to which it is needless to say, ample justice was done. Revs. Fathers _a—_—m, o"Dc—iell, and Messrs O'Connell, Moynahan, M'Ca__hy, and M'Cormack ably «jpe__tended the various games and con- • teats daring the day. -...-. P_*__tsoa Baldwin.—There waa a very il-Urge attendance yesterday evening—principally outside the gates—at the Agricults-— and Pastoral Association grounds, to wito—3 Prota—or Baldwin's drop from the clouds. So_e two or three thousand per-

seas paid their shillings for admission. ■The inflation of the balloon started at noon a 3in pipe being placed on to then mam on the Lincoln road. The supply of gas, owing to the fact of the •works being some two miles from the _ce_e, only enabled the inflation to -be proceeded with slowly. About 7.30 the balloon was fairly filled with gas, and Professor Baldwin essayed to rise .bat it was evident- that the balloon was not CTpabte of carrying him. The balloon was promptly brought back to the gas supply, but as the heat of the sun had departed the inflation was rendered almost _ipos—ble. Under these circt—_tances Professor Baldwin determined to postpone 'the ascension until Saturday next, and in #rder to prevent any trouble the inflation will oomm_—e at an early hour. -Ms Po—_"B Patent Pin.—Mr Pc__i spool_es to be a benefactor to those who _aye much writing to do. Latterly he has ■been taming his attention to other things than pqlitics, aad with considerable sue.'cess. Po6__.y the reason he has entered upon a new course of study is out of .sympathy with pressmen who have to shed » good deal of ink. Mr Pozzi, doubtless, «e_e_bexed the trouble he gave them last

•year, and has resolved to make some -mends by lightening their labors in future. Bat, whatever has been his motive, be has succeeded in making an invention «•__-_ will save the number of "dips" vh-sh writers need have recourse to in •jfature. Others have attempted something

«4t_—k_ad before, but the pen has been, i «ft: __ as we have seen, in one piece, 1 so when the point has become useless for writing purposeß,the pen, "well,' and all arena—ess. Mr Po__i has got over this di_estty by what seen— to be a simple device. * He has invented a thin piece of flexible steel which can be inserted in the holder with any nib the writer wishes to !UK_ The piece of steel forms with the T—b a " well," which holds a large quantity *<rf ink. By means of this device one can write a page of foolscap without having •X—oorse to the ink bottle. Mr Pozzi on -Tuesday applied for a patent for his invention. We hope that his ingenuity on behalf of the writing community may put g-oaey in his purse. AW—_ CASK.-'-Atthe SupremeCourtyesterday morning, before his Honor Mr just—c Ward, the case of Biraie v Burgess, a •f—endly suit to decide a point in the will •of the late James Birnie, of Kaiapoi I—and, which was partially heard on a previous day, was concluded. The question to decide was whether one James —-de, who was named in the will as _tiexaoder Pirie Birnie, son cf the widow of the testator by a previous *B-tr_-ge, was entitled to a share in the _ _Wip_rty. Mr J. Lowtbian Wilson, who had wiiUun oat the will for the tes_tor, was '**Bed, and gave evidence to the effect that ™ ~-s Birnie's intention to give .£l5O TO—bson,Alexander Birnie, who was in .««---__. and, after making the other ___!_-—_ named in the will, to beaueath the remainder to his wife ___'■ her son ; that the name •**-»ier was in his belief through a j°M°-—e—tan<—ng of the name, and the * eeß *ed wished Pirie to have the ___!* ** Birnie attached to the ?*&» of Pirie, and that he had no Z*~* « to the identification of the as to the wishes of the testator. entered judgment for plaintiff ™[***8 18s, each party to pay their own the coats of the trui.tees to come S"£*w- estate. MrPisher appeared for Mr Loughrey, for Mr Holmes,

_-_L______r's Picnic.—A meeting of milkmen will be held at the Zetland Arms Hotel on tbe 26th instant to arrange the annual picnic.

Paiotui. Ac*_dint. —According to tbe Southland Times the wife of Professor Black met with a painful accident the other day while out in one of the cutters off Stewait Island. By a lurch of the craft she was thrown down so sud .enly and heavily that one of her arms was broken and some of her front teeth knocked out.

A SaiPBOT_—DiO F_—T ON TE— C_TD».— Here is a striking example of our resources for building ships of war:—To the Pairfield ShipbuEWing Company, of Govan, belongs the credit of having built a steamer on the shortest time on record. On July 4th last the Norddeutseher Lloyd telegraphed accepting the Fairfield Company's offer to construct the Dresden, a twin screw steamer of 4500 tons, aa well as a companion ship, the Mnnchen. The keel of the Dresden was laid on July 27th, and on Saturday the vessel was launched, having been built in ninety-eight working days. A Ladt Barrister at Brussels. —A young lady named Mdlle. Popelin, who has passed the law ex___atioua of the University of Brussels, and has been granted her diploma, came before the law courts at Brussels lately, and demanded that her name should be inscribed as a member of the bar. According to Napoleon's decree of 1310, candidates are only admitted by permission of the Procureur-General. The magistrate declared that he could not grant the request, as the law did not allow of her admission. Two advocates —M. Guillery, an eminent member of the Brussels bar, and a young advocate, M. Frank—tried to prove that legally Mdlle. Popelin was able to plead and act as a lawyer. This is the first time (the Doily News correspondent thinks) such a question has arisen in Europe. The case will be soon decided. T__ Limitation op M_jr_iaoe.—The old rhyme runs, " The good or the ill of all a man's life, is the good or ill choice of his good or ill wife," and if for man read woman, and for wife husband, the adage is as true. Yet there i 3 no contract into which people habitually enter with so little thought for their own future health and happiness, and for the moral and physical welfare of their possible Offspring. There are legislators in Kentucky, however, who, if the Medical Record of New York correctly states the effect of a bill introduced into the local legislature, are before their times. This bill would prohibit marriage with an idiot, lunatic, pauper, vagrant, tramp, gambler, felon, or any person rendered physically helpless or unfit for the marriage relation, or any person with a violent temper, or who has, within one year, been a frequenter of any immoral house.— British Medical Journal.

Some Stdt Fbicks fob Stamps.—Encouraged by the success of a recent sale, undertaken by Messrs Yentom, Bull and Cooper, the well-known auctioneers, Old Jewry, on tbe initiative of several members of the London Philatelic Society, the firm named will in future hold periodical sales of a similar character. Mr Thomas Bull, who conducted the auction, writes: — " There was a large attendance of buyers, and the competition was very spirited. Itmay interest some of your readers to learn the prices obtained for some of the rarer varieties. The blue block Cape error, _£15; the Lady McLeod" Trinidad local, J-18 13s; the 3-lire Tuscany on the original envelope, .£l2 12s; the New Brunswick Is, __5; Nova Scotia __, _ _ ss; the Id black Great Britain with V.R. in corner, -35 15s. All the colonial stamps realised good prices, Bhowi-_u_r that the interest in varieties has largely increased." Stb_ngi Conduct op a Coboneb.—An extraordinary report comes from Wentworth, New South Wales. It appears that a man named Robert Stewart was drowned at Golgol, 26 mil— from Went-, worth, on December 29th, and the body was recovered next day. The district coroner, Mr W. J. Holding, did not hold an inquest until Monday, January 14th, when the inquiry was conducted with closed doors, the press being excluded. The medical examination of the body was made, and after the case had closed; but before the Court rose, two witnesses de aired to give evidence, pointing to suspicion Of violence, the face of the deceased having been disfigured, as if by a blow from a bottle. The deceased and a man named . Reilly had crossed the river Murray in a boat, and were returning when Reilly alleges that the boat capsized and the deceased were drowned. Reilly made several contradictory statement.. The boat was found right side up. The people of Golgol were indignant, and they met and passed a resolution to the effect that the Minister of Justice be asked to remove Mr Holding from his position as Coroner. Ma O'Bsibn's Sentiments.—The following is a passage from the article in United Ireland ior which the editor, Mr W. O'Brien, M.P., was called before the TimesParnell Commission:—" The time has come for very plain speaking on the subject of these forgeries. The Commission has now been sitting for twenty-seven days in London without getting much nearer to the subject which the public understands it was specifically appointed to investigate. So far the evidence has been a meaning!—s parade of eight-year old outrages, from all participa„on in which the victims themselves examined for the forger concur in emphatically exonerating the League. The Court has been cumbered with files of old newspapers, and stunned with the opinions of policemen, land grabbers, evictors, and one tuft-hunting Catholic clergyman, i b_j»v God, there is but one in all Ireland to be found in such company. As to the condition of the country and its causes, it is true that the waste of time has been in some measure redeemed by the open exposure of the methods of bribery and intimidation by which ' the forger and the Government combined are desperately struggling to escape out of the horrible mess which they have landed themselves. On all this black business we claim our right of free comment and open exposure. We have no intention of waiting until the forger gives us leave to speak. With all respect to the Court we do not care twopence for the opinion of the three judges, specially selected in the teeth of a justly indignant public, to protect the forgers and their friends and accomplices."