NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7272, 4 February 1889, Page 5

NEWS OF THE DAY.

g(9SKB Ajr Boaouaa Council. —Tfee — «2 eeetinff of the above will be held. »* seven o'clock. QgiMsns. or Coxmbc*. —A special Jaud, meeting of the members cf the 2ot« will be held at 3 p.m. on the 11th St"fc> elect two members to represent the on the Ljttelton Harbor Board, Tzkpkbanck Union.—A meets' of 'fee above will be held on "WednesX i.i, at 2.30 pan., for the election of °4jgau»Drax Eacino Club.—A meeting of fa Committee of this Club wae held on fgjgv evening last, when it was resolved i-ikflWan antumn race meeting early in t-rii. A programme was urawn up and a^jpted. fejtMKANCs Rest.—On Safcarday evenw d»e Good Templar* of H.M.S. Sapid 3j their Lodge at the Beec At eight Seek, tbe Lodge was open to the public, » concert conducted by them was a mt Btiecess. Mr Bushell (Marine fjtSery) occupied the chair. The room its filled, ail available space being: jjjHsed. j[i£sls«} Childbks. —Three little chilUw» boys and a jrirl, aged reepectfglT fire, three and two years, named McWiiliatn, were missed from tiieir home, 07 Manchester street north, about 4 p.m. Wjaday- They were seen about 7 p-m. jggie Papanui road, bat up to a late hour fcgt evening had net been found by their Compart.—The annual general peeking of toe shareholders of the Ohrist£et& Gaa Company will be held at the of the Company this afternoon, at fggtnifAock. when the animal report of the jjgeetors and the balance-sheet will be weeented, and Directors elected to nil the ; caused by retirement by rotation. ' SftCBlD Cast ATA. —A sacred cantata* j *Devid the Shepherd Boy," by G. F. Root, fiflb* given by the choir of St. Andrew's • (Sβ* aided by a few friends, to-morrow, et7-Sop- m - The cantata is exceedingly aettT and effective, and judging from the ought to be a great success. : tgbse wul be a collection in aid of the «hnr funds. Obabi Hbidqb ScHoot CoMsrrrTßß.—, 3bt monthly meeting of this Committee Vβ held in tbe schoolroom on Saturday fcSfc The resnlt of the Inspector's annual jftjwUnl examination was submitfa»d, and highly satisfactory. The folfeTiflg motion was carried unanimously :— this ' ©mmittee desire to record £tff appreciation of the Inspector's reparSaow submitted, aad their gratification . gt the reanlte, and to convey to the teachers $& for the attention paid to the Sastraciion of the scholars, which has led tdiiti*^ v « raJ:>le reporfe." . It was decided $o etase the school on Friday, February $th, &r &c harvest holidays. The meeting gel terminated. Hasqmc-—Aβ will be seen by a telegram bee Wellington the representatives of the $toe CoaetatafcioM —English, Scotch, and Jf&t—tare met aad agreed to take the ißSefcry steps towards a Hew Tbe matter, it may tt- gated, has been discussed informally iaftMDOEgst several of the Pact Masters gf&e Irtish and Scotch Constitutions, . jaiifc tea been issolved to bold a meeting AMt3y-oa the subject. It has been con- , tiered tteit: jSie arrival of Lord Onslow, ¥bo B Pact <Jrand Junior Warden of Eng- ' &&8, Vooi<i''trfwtl an opportunity f or the ' (salt in Sew Zealand to unite in a New Zealand CoasfafcotJon, under the Grand jgwtanhip of Lard Obslow. Pbk»st*sk>s at Tai TAnr.- J on Friixt,2&th Jhmuuj, the scholars of the Tai Tape School assembled to bid farewell to fteir two pupil teachers, who are about to •toatume tfeeir stodies in < nristehurch. " ifter atbort speech by Mr E. Pervman, an tdfoaea iv i«ai by ifiss Annie Wittie, ope ci&« easier actoiata, to Hiss Marguerite I*,Suaaey> who was tfcen made therecioiiaitot a way pretty work-basket by Miss M. Bojle. Mo&ec address was then read 'feyco&tf t&e se&kv boys. Master William to Mr £■ Sinclair, aad a rerr S*Edsß®e desk was tben pre-'-flsrS®d. hf Mustee Mr Sin<kuv«s belalf of Miss aad iimr BslA.&snfeed tie tacholars both for their foed Irishes aad tiuair useful gifta, and after an eddresa by Hiae Peryman lite closed with the National BBTUW-α?.—Yesterday morning aioat a sattfer to eleven, a hoise attacked to a ke|7, both beloaging to Mr H. Tonics, ran away, and did some damage - te jfeeif and tLe vehicle before its career It had been driven by Mr Sn&s into the yard at the rear of tbe KBSktt rooms in Colombo street, sod the •ifitea were tai en off for the purpose of firing it a.feed, when the anwngJ took %ssat aad bolted out of the right-of-way m to Hereford street. It continued down 3*sbee&, and, crossing tbe bridge, turned Nag Cambridge terrace into Woseeater street, and went along by Astifn eta»et to the entrance to Christ , a -Oe&ge grounds: The horse turned |i;i»9, bufe the buggy collided with *£ the gate posts, and the animal $& face, 'the buggy was conekLexably aad the horse, which, had been in &c. grounds, was badly cut tixMSfetke Mad legs through TH/d^ng. OBKyxLLowsHt?.—The tf Ike Iforti Caaterbrtry District; and a JBabef ef, brethren from Christchurch W & Past Grands' Lodge at Kaiapoi oa A large number of the local jWe present, the Prov. G.M. Bro. P. -eta adang as N.G.; Prov. D.QM. Bro. C.H.Wiiaiy as V.G.; P.P.G.M. Bro. B. *"*»ii4M.j ProT.OS. Bro. C. Foster as ES. Several Bros, presented them- ' |*ie% pad receiTed the Purple Officers' Pspas, The G.M.'a warrant was then Purple. Degree opened with j**jM!al fonnaliiiea aad conferred on «BW «bo proved themselree worthy, after ««iafraieral discussion took place on apipertalning to the good aad ** Society, end tbe Lodge doe form. All preaent tiien par s*k< *l»uaiaful supply of reficeehmente. * SJaaber of first-class songs, Jco, were the T&itars leaving for home *«% if ter midnight. ' ■ , • ; . NoTßi«tES.—Quite a unique of »»navH»t instruments is, now in the window of Messrs Mflner *** music wsrehooee. They «4p3SS a ecEipiete duplicate set of the *w*lUffitetnrtents used by the Juogfrau *&$k is. their concerts, and were purby Mr E. Tioinpson jnnng that gjffcett'e recent visit to the Melboarne Being mods takes with the ?* ** nther, bow-zither, ocarina, aad others, as played by the *«« Bead, which Mr Thompson, describes *f "esgalarly beautiful," he innneduplicates, with tbe exof tke cello-Either, which is ProSeebald'e own invention. It ia a •«etic». ef tbe viola and zither. We s?2*ertaißly recommend mneicalefchnoy*»4eTiew this novel collection of in**eeatß. ' Ijcbitstbt.—2f easra Moor aad Co., * TtetetJa Etreet, have shipped by r-**Bet Nicholl, sa, for Brisbane, a very ig maanfactured of ash grown in the panels being of New *?«P*S hostQTeuckle, very prettily marked. 2 SM'Work is of very Bght cosebcuction *■**%▼ symmetrical ia appaoraaee. The 2®>ire I3a>cewood, on a gun-metal ***Bf*ad steel spring, and finished with end behind and silver &c The wheels are made and have mild steel tyres. The J? * fitted up with a very ingenious Jjgjfieajeat for altering tbe balance, to become very popalar, as it effective, and dace ao« jytt oufe of J***- lie door, also, is fitted with, a teafcrivaace, which gives no trouble, |*ag»t has to be doae is to ckee the ** en it locks it»Alf by an automatic y?y- The trimmings ace of brown W??! *ad considerably add to the £*% ef the cooTeyance. Last, but not * very simple moveable faot^oazd, l^T*. 1 fluted rubber padding, gw«s the driver both comfort and "S2;. " varafahed in the r kjSi** w i*o tfc» woa-wodt painted livrm ** rf ateraetto tfcese 1 WSr m interest in eu«h matters to the third order g»t has 1^ aad despatched to the I '"•««i*uttttai bj Meavs Moor and Cα

Tuan XosacAar.—Captain Edwin on Saturday wived front Wellington i—lndicatkme very low tides for twenty-four hoars from, aooa to-day, and cold again to-night. JmraraAu KipKLbx.—Ajs will be seen by notification elaewfeere the Swiss singers will appear at the Palace Sink to-ni.'ht in conjunction with the ShakesperianFestival. All those who have purchased tickets for the opening night can have the extra money returned on application atMiiaer and Thompson's or Levy's. Niw Brighton as a Sanatorium.—We are given to understand that the scheme propounded by Mr M. Murphy, the wellknown Secretary of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, particulars of which appeared in oar columns a few d&ys ago, has been well received, and already a large number of promises have been made. Acknowledgment.—The Secretary of the Christchurch Uos ttal beg 3to acknowledge, with thaake the receipt of a box of f'Uttfrom Mrs Polsne, Mount Som-ia. flowers from Mrs VVUcoz, books from Miss Coward, periodicals from Mr Han, Mrs Head, and Mr W. Trezley, and Mr R. H. Willi i.