NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7573, 9 June 1890, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Thx Lats Mb Garbjcs.---T_b fu»ef4 of t_e late M* F. J. Garricfc. w_l take place to-morrow, leaving his late residence at2p,wP;PPP ~ . ....,-. P' .■•.; . crdinaiy meeting's of ike City : Council and the Sydenham and St. Albans Borough Council* will be held this evening at the usual hour. Sopa__t_ Co_a?-—The civil sittingsof tha Supreme Court will be" resumed today at 10.WJ a.m., when the ca*e of Gilmour v the Selwyn County Council will be heard before hie Honor Mr Justice Denuiston and a jury. AcKNOwiatDOMENT.—The Superintendent of the Lyttelton Sailors' Home acknowledges with thanks the receipt of a parcel of Seamen's Mission tracts, magazines, and almanaoka Cram the Bey. B. 29. Chambers.

Tailors' Union—A I at the Druids' Hall on Wednesdayjffilp I next. -P ;---■••■- ■,■ ' I * Palao* a» tmm . I notified, the Palace Eink will be r<_T**. 1 for the season under the new mameS*. 1 Arrangements have been made for tha 1 fort and convenience of visitor* and_. I season will start under very 'f_ T oL_f,* I auspices. : Thb Bishop Jor CHmsTcHtruca -in. i lordship Bishop Julius visited'T„n„r 1 oii Saturday, and was met on Srr__is 1 the express by the Incumbent the W . 1 A. Hamilton and Messrs Pinckney _ 1 1 Cathro (churchwardens). In tho at_?" 1 noon he attended a gathoring 0 f jf 1 Sunday Sohool teachers, who were in»'*_S 1 by Mrs Hamilton to afternoon tea in 1 Social Hall. In the evening his LordsP 1 was accorded a parochial welcome in ?). 1 large Drill Shed, where he waa met i, 6 * 1 large number of members of all denom£' 1 tions. 1

Sunday Lecture.-Mr Worthing gave the hrst of a aeries of Sunds. _}•_: noon lectures yesterday at the OddftlW Hall, when there was a very largo atW ance. The subject of the lecture waa __ creation as detailed in the first tT chapters of Genesis. At the gloss ©f I? 9 lecture about 200 names were furnkS* to compose a class which will takafe! remamingseven lectures of tha course LADT VISITORS EstlßF FpKoPi popular entertainment consisting of __Lj and magic by the Wizard of the H_w? will take place at St. Michael's scUoS this evening, in aid of ths HospitkriS* Visitors' Kelief Fund. The work dc_rf the ladies in this direction .8 e«SJ valuable, and it is to be hoped thaTi_ public will practically assist tho Faadt! being present to-night in large .nab** The programme arranged fortheoaaS la an exceedingly attractive one, sirfte • joined to the «ood object for entertain, nent is projected, o«»y *'Tl result in a orowded home. ®^P.

Thiatbica_.—There will now b. {»' short time an interregnum ia $$£1 theatrical in ChrisfchUrch, and ITtaf also be noted that in Dunedin also this*, no professional company at present nW ing or <mnounced. -The next on* J^l Christchurch will be Mr Henry §t JSCa,___f comedy company, whioh recently ma)S Mr Christie Murray's play of *• Ohuift.*_ Auckland. They have conqludod. &T, Auckland season, and have left for a w„_ at the Ibames. They will then cj, southward. Iheir repertoire ,i ac kd_ "Jim the Penman," "The {tadidß "The Arabian Nights," ihd othe. S, dies of the society class. Magisterial.--At tta Eesidenis jfct trate'a Court, Christchurch. oa Sat«t_w before Messrs R. Beetham, B.J& 4' Westenra, and F, J. Kimbeli JP_ Thomas Daly for drunkennfe&a VRS gP; 10a, and a firat offender fia. 1% «£ Eacheren, who had been underpin. medical supeirviaiou tor a week, wm g3 ss, and was ordered topay M foeJijatn*. ment. Edward Quirk, found begging in St. vioted of vagrancy, and sentenced to ba imprisoned for three* months m'& labor. . , Death ov an Old Smj&s.~4_ old 5SJ ent « %***}&?' in J ._*«•»«*«» William Bailey, died on JJ__«itfg_k Mi Bailey was born in in Lyttelton in ISG2. He w« p w»a«4u, storeman for Messrs and Co. In March of 1870 ho entered ti. service of the Government Kaihrgy Dj, partment. About fourteen rnvsttAaagelsi suffered from jaundice, which was the cause of his daatiy. Ha *mt great favorite with all who knew him. H& was a prominent member of the Odd* fellows' Lodge in Lyttelton. Tho iaaip. took place yesterday afternoon '» Sjja Cathofio Cemetery, his remiss j followed hy about 250 mourners. ! $amrrm Mkthoms-.? CmM&tfk Rev; ;W. "& Potter conducted a &jkM service yesterday morning in mmoty 4i tie late Bey. Joseph Toalaon, Prasi4«|f the Primitive Methodiat connexion, tw preacher in tracing, tho career o! f&t deceased President, said that for purity oJ life,M___tlity iv aad.-.seneßl usefulness, few if any "had' excelled him, «brilHaut(j«»%§lP| but his scholarly attainment, combiaea with a deep sympathetic nature, secure! him a welcome in most of the Evangelical oburchflß. _ Ab an aptd, iptof he excelled, and during a ministry« forty-eight years, never failed to Mfflit large increases and general prosperity _ the various circuits in which he Iftbott. His health remained fairly good up to Hi last, and the news that he had euddfiSij dropped dead in a London street mm universal regret.

Thb Voluntebbb.—The EangioraCoa* pany and the Northern contingent of _tf Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry held fcbeir annual prize firing at the Bangiora rangs on Saturday. Thero were about thistj prizes shot for, and a large number am peted. The weather waa favorable f<» shooting, and the competition passed & pleasantly. In tho first-class SownlTyler wo«i)tbefirst prise with,a •«#« 6(5; Sergeant E. D'Auvergne bofcg'eeccsd with 46. In the scconcVclass Privates h Gulliver and Wi Kennedy tied vr ithi « points,' and Private Bull won tbe ta, prize in the third class. there W*fi at_i*.of«.ar between the Cavalry and the Bine, wmm was easily won by the former. i« prizes will be distributed st ffilfv WADmNoqroN*—A well atteaded > e»_j in aid of the Waddington School I**™" took place on Friday night, MJ* man of the Committee, Mr i. nfffi presided. The programme J*jg[*lJJ pi&m by tbe cbildre. «4'» JSK instrumental itema by : gentlemen. A ball was held tfUjg which was well*_t___dfe(_"'" T Hi_______ vern Band of Hope gave an at the Waddington doho_ioo»» I JJ day evening. The Bot. J. chair, and the attendance was gOMU * who ga,ve theijr, services. *«»$* ffL strong, Hawmns, Maxwell an* »gj ; Messrs AdJciiu. Suon, .aJgW* "** Teague, Bull add Gamble. , . TS__%_> 80YA1,.-.Th_ OSWBHg*; so zealously and enthußiastic&Uf w»j the work of carrying out. the w* tendered to Mr J. "gjj be congratulated on the succe**. upon their efforts. ' The V****!*gJE place oa Saturday evening at the Jgg and all parts of the house g-gg* lower portion particularly. * a V£ lAtaiS' M 4 *#«* i**i *^tfIW B Y_B?S ing the assistance of quite • ""jT-jj our best amateurs, in instrumental items on the Prtg»""*K the result was a very decided ■««J*P ft j Sydenham Baud, who ktadly td«**J their services to »Vfr .EesfC** side* the theatre prior to the djJJJ ment of the performance, ako Ijj" sections in VhaVro^rmm^,' H n tf from "Tbe■ Teamen of "Dorothy," and were W;ggg. L* Thoj orocal numbers were dated by the audience, numerous. Mr Bead Baß f, « nobis," " Thou art so near," and «wj£ Song," and ,-mth Air Woodirwl J»« .% « E £elsior." Jklr H. Price -"J*" "J I iniontably funny <*omw W B JSid* 3 amoimt of humor, and had to *es|» s the compliment of a Woodward sang "I tea £ "» Mr iialley " Out on the Deep, * _fs;pts g t«gis flat, .do ._ bi» *»* •_"_*%«- song and dance, by Vi« i___ *** b y g Mr Close, » to Md "SwA dLce by Messrs Dickey «J d «jy a bone solo by Mr Mitchell, m Lish sketch by Mr td. iteuw. were very /™* l !? Qt &|"J? «J was successtul. It may,"» » # the^ecretyr,■ fcM*J J ** tendance at St. i M |L f< toset?* p.m. on Saturday., lb* »*)* &, d^f __? _r«^ •_* -** tratora.

Timaru; correspondent PteS^* "**• Sjß - 4 * 3 * who ii « conducting the business of John Siß, Christchurch. baa been appoinlei ggjer of, the IS. He will take office ia a few iSts* time Th-fe wore-sixty applicaj--s__fcTr the Pv&«- ■ - ■•■ "P-rP ■ Q*" Ktfowiisnsß.—One. of Ttl • '_____ louroala of Sydney,-.'in noticing gfreceohon of Bishop Julius and: tys consecration, gravely states ■2**the consecration of the new Bishop ?*_ place* at the; Cathedral, Auckisn I.T Sfcßtivtbe want, of l:nMwi»d*« cf N*W Sad is not confined to Englan 1. *^ fKS TIOX (i CKUIi.LT> iO ANIMALS.— «Zannual meeting of tiie bociety for the SLsßtion ot Cruelty t« _n!tt__s will be *ji 8 t the City Council Chambers, on instant. Ar. 4.15 p.m. next fL&y a general meeting of the Com'*t«e takes place. ,- : v.. ; j? Wednesday evening _Te__oolCommittee held their monthly !!___ Present-Messrs T. Hensball Stain), Walters. WagstafF, Goodman, SSCmA Gearschowski. The master's **!rt was read and approved of. The Smaa and Mr Walters were appomted *^o_»J» ittee *° iut«r"« wt he Secretary „__& Hoard of Education r_ boundaries iSad district. Accounts were received for'payment, ~,nd alter attendwtasV® 3 makers of minor importance, Hope of ChristS held its weekly session on SfS_vla-st. Tnere was a good _t_fhdpES d B fo - J " A - i£ffoxd One waa initiated. Bro. ; .Sprecson, Lodge in Scotland, gave very jffLfcjng information of Lodges he had *s£Tia Alexandria, Germany, Switzer? *°d other ' Continental 3 "members received on clear* i ago herefrom thePioneer of fpjfcmttiheZride of Dunedin as then ' , T"-B_ Shooting.—The following \ "' the result of a match fired on Friday J£^lthe Gladstone range, between j S__from Mason, Strutters and Co. and P. ( fSt> Duncan, fifteen men a side. Mason> S'eis' total, 433; P. and D. Duncan . __jlll, iThetop scores \ot the winners JSj.*oroVrT-i,"Harrison 31, Ruesell 30, ____».Alto 9h "S. rjM*teri3i> Hasfcie 84, _bS_J_TSd for the losers, Maxwell 34, flfeil*. Cooper 81, J. K. Duncan 30, ;-. JJnek 30, »«■*« 30, Morrison 29. °« w BRiearow -B_as_ Band. — A Jatine of those interested in the forma. ■ffif-Uiband/was held on Saturday of the band were pretif the trustees, who holdthe m trusts Mr Corser was TyLa rhairman. Considerable discus*. Xook pl«ce inreference to the future ioAte-* tha band. It was thought adSSfe eaU meeting to discuss mkunafimag'ti iixe organisation of »^M?_Sa' it •*&* re3blved J -to call' a evening in the Brighta Beach.schoolroom, at lialiuMtssren o'clock. ABPOOIATION.— (to last there WAa a *B°s» *tte»a<» bofc of members audk friends atfte Durham Street Wesleyan'Mutual IsfflOTeiaeat Sedition, the" |E^ f Taylor eaapviag the chaor. "The subject undef (®sideiation waa elocution by members} BsgrsHumes, Venablea, Lough. __>ughton» si <_iristia£ selections winch ©waiticisfedbySra Coleman, Mrs Cur. JgL*_sdMes_n*rJ: <?.' Prudhoe, Brooker, *_B___C 'Munnings/ Yatt.nT wid I*itost. Kext Friday opening a debate wiHtake t__>,Mr Brooker-affirmingthedesirability _t_e Bible being read in State schools, ■88-1 Mr Ffrost opposing it.

««C6-oi!9-tATio*s."—There; waSPa large j tteAwse* at the " meeting*" of the \ pavood- Literary Society 'held in Church, F&tryib£d, ; oa l&nisday evening, to hear a paper ■ on. .i*-Bfi__--d Co-operation," rby Mr "Wliituig. An aaimated debate followed tita reading of the paper; objection was teta h|. eon. cf the speakers to .these fttfttf «wcpi»tisn, whose ojjject 46fQ»4 *Q be to extinguish all. individual v __l_-p__!, "and contract com&erc. in'te sairow channels; A vote of thanks was ss___J'_.-Mr -Whiting for hispapfer. It was s&_oO_ce_ that, -next, Thursday, a ; kctare oa "<km_nu__l versus Competitive Mc" wjnld be - given by Proiesao* (i _ _ ,! j; « ' MiHoauL Service.— A special service _* held in the pariah church, E&ngiora- _■ Saire&y morning, when a sermon was Dudley osibelifeof the late Mr A. H. Cunning_ua. The preacher, after showing that tnte religion does not make people dull and t-ber, but tends to increase tneir happi- *"*"■. piUed .attention to wiiat had been toe fey Mi Caaningham. during, his re-i- - the causs qf jeligiou •pttha good of his fellow men.* He re•fetr_Pp„__il__'y to his efforts in the amsa of education, and in his endeavour to pjoaiß-gate the use of the Scriptures, '■**•%.& ft**.# g t$ inscribe to aadEoieign Bible Society, and apßegag tlist a portion Bhould he read in wa sehobh '''imtf day. preacher , lasted that before long the various denowould agree upon certain por» .|te%% .P* in the sohools.ptad tbe "tWrPn^er kM J eveicy _hy, *afaa s that would then allow that to be **»£ «Wo*__u_ad by asking'his hearers wlfies their late fellow townsman so far *-»';Bfe was m accord with the bible. hymns were sung, Miss; ■ at the organ.

flife? 1 OHE AT iJOWLAS© liBAS.— evening a very merry as well as a took place atJir ■MJaiaß. Chapman's harvest home celejg® *t lowland Leas, Mandeville gas* About 260 guests were present •wa'l'ewoolsbed on the estate had been far the OQaasidn* its walls with tapestry or evergreens, the Srr** ■*»-? Peus were converted into *_!._?*_* which > ™der the illumination helped to .g3T*ti» idsa that it-was k kihd of of variou3 fc^ J" Pionded, and Mr Wooldridge h o_i!v piaao *** the dances up •yBSiSHfe About a hundre. counted on the floor at one ____.!___ the youth and the dfebSct with a few outside by Mrs Chapman, o^6lß - 5 Itt ™ ad * acent SfS?**«l»BWata were provided on a All wno were present /JET?!, -to be much pleased and as the Bljffi.'SF** the twal drew on Mr l^ffl*??#°|n?ed a vote of thanks to Obapnaan, which \ras duly aaa aad carried by cordial acclama-

gg^ow Mr ___kn -JS" vestibule has not been changed Other photographers owing to fading photos. l-S.-T* 08 . _* a »y style. 10s per doz. '.jiSH* and Preece have lately taken rEkvSEu **-tosuntaaeoas * pbotoMl who wish **Tighth%^H , e f mak e appointments early _"«owhlf^^ l^^ 8 work, as % J£r ß - Placed by him, 1_ winning ai, i- QS fr o ™ tli e puhlic, his with the most modern _^fli_* , ____"_ SSft E|*#S?s^**^_»^ I^^.— We understand the Association have decided to MISE-V* I *** the Canterbury Trades P^M' and **»* tfa e latter are Earl y Closing programme. *•**<■_ tSy'** seeing tbat the mem«%Sfv.i I f erent TrafeT Unions con_f lar ße proportion of our best **ee_T_P,k • cannot do otherwise than L ti *k_i_r_: r J wlsoeß ' close at six In taking this step Li t *afc_^P* Mter ** >l ' B h»s ourselves, and _^b^a«..'*§. of inconvenience at first '? "**U_i f byonrsuburban customers. pi*itd1 n » tfais iuconvenienoe we are S;^«Qa_u_5 er J exce l tti o , ial inducements f ! _lf «ff__f _f d Pl ice of our K oo^.and __3_%a__m ■** thfcir individual wants HI!? aad „_■"_* receive even more _*?Sat_ aitl _ Q than beretotore. To ***** Increased ottrstiff, _?*? manner to merit a convalued rapport. Onand __KtfdD_f Chr »tchureh establishment •___**.___,_! very «n the week, tnT_S__i &____ *'• WardeU Bros, and

past js»ak Mrs Baayerta hat basn cemdnotiaft services ia the Odd§ellow»' ____[ at Asbburtea. The me*tinarß have bfeeb largely attended, her; addresses have been listened to with great interest.

",i6ub»t. Ajs&aum; i__p BtusXst.— On , Saturday morning took place in a potato field at Belfast between tno bro titers, named Mortland, when one of 'them struck tha other across the bead with a potato fork, inflicting a severe wound, for which he had to receive medical attention. The matter will probably form tbe subject of an assault case.

S_i_£-6tte at Lesstos.—Two men, named John .^VlUiams and John McGuiness, were brought before the i eeston Police Court on Saturday, Mr W. D. Lawrence, J.P., being on the 6_hch. Constable Simpson stated that, from information received, he went down to EUesmere, and found the two accused in the Selwyn river-bed, and after some trouble arrested them. .It appeared from the evidence that tbe accused, in company with four other alleged spielers, were at Mr Chamberlain's sale on Friday, and behaved themselves in a, disorderly manner. Both men were fined 10s and costs, and advised to dear out of the district: In connection with the above Mr J. T. Matson, .during bis sate at Mr Chamberlain's, spotted one of the above fraternity carrying out some of his practices. Mr Matson at once left his sale and ejected the spieler from the sale ground.

Wbsleya'w Membebship in ; Gbkat Bhitain,—Eeturns for the thirty-five districts into which TVesleyan Methodism is divided show that the present strength of that body is as follows:—Full and accredited church members 423,701, showing a net increase on the -year of 2719 members, with 28,196 on trial for church membership, and 60,700 young persons in'junior society classes. There are, *91 Candidates for the Wesleyan Twenty-four diftnete report an increase, and.eleven districts a decrease in membership. The Yorkshire distaricts, with the exception of Halifax and Bradford, report decreases. The' three London districts have nearly 700 increase. The western districts, in--duding Bristol, Exeter, and Hath, exhibit growth and development. li Liverpool there is a falling off, of 284 i. P Biw>wsi|-o'£ Lucidity.—-Everyone will remember Doaßlas Jexxold's excellent story —ra story whioh'Browning himself used to like to tell—about the incomprehensibility of "Sordello." Bilt more illustrious personages than Douglas Jetrold, says Mr Sharp in his ''Life <sf Eobert Browning," were puzzled by the poem. LordPTennyson manfully tackled it- but he is reported to have admitted in bitterness of spirit :-r- ---" jTheisa wereonly two lines in it that I un- ! derstood, and they were both lies :■ they were the opening and closing lines. 'Who will may bear Bordello's story told* and ■* Who would has heard Sordello's story told]' " Carlyle waa equally candid^—"My wife," he writes, "" has read through * Sordello * r without being able .to make put wbetber ♦ Sordello* was a man, or a city, or a book.'* article, op this poem in a i'rench magazine, M. Odysse Barot quotes a passage where L the poet says:—."God gave man ;fewp iaculties," and .adds, "I; wish while he was abdut it (pendant qn'il 6tait en train) Goal had supplied ,a*oother— namely, the power of understanding Mr iirowning.**; v , !i; .Stobt, — Tbe standard is responsible for the foliowingjTf'Mott of our readers will remember.the manEganjwho was convicted of stealing i _ revolver from Mr Flood's residence; at Rarere some time ago, and who, "during ' hie spare tinaferin gaol, completed'a model j of a, hoat, which be had ittvented. After' beP^as"'liberated* he. brought bis inyentiou the notice of tbeiiwoper j authorities., which resulted in hi. being ! called Home. On arriving there, he toeceived weiaiOOO as his share of- the invention. Then by some means he contrived to obtain an'fehtryinto society, from which be presently emerged with a And I 'After three weeks of perfect bappmeas.he took it into bia bead to inflict jt severe chastisement on the lady of, his loyu. From tbe proceedings which followed, it was elicited that he was man, and the upshot of the, whole affair is that bis London wife has inßtitute&a wit* far bigamy with MO,(KS tiktoaAgess, i bis forgotti'n spoiiae in ! thatbe has •aiß.yejy tame in store." p - ■i PRIsiTH Of _ 'tfj&I,ZrXJ3OWB MlljlSTßß.— The Eev. Joseph Toul_on, Presideiifeof:the JE-imitave.v Methodist Gonferencej died suddenly in London on April SthP ' He was at the time of his death on his way'to Station,', to take the; train f«_? D&efyM, where he to Easter ( siiuaay. He was carried to phe JiQndou Hospitaj, and the. fact of his death was there- medically declared. .A few days previously, feeling! nnwell, -ha had called;-; on t*he t Thomas Gutteary .and ...asked hjm tO ;; take r his pleice at •*; public meeting, but otherwise showed no symptom of ill-healthy and up to the time of his death seemed to be quite cheerful. His age was sixty-seven ye-u_). He-had been in the ministry forty--tgfh. yeari. He was elected Presideut at the last Conference. The ma|iy v pttbUc duties his attention, in. addition to the duties of general book steward, have been a great strain upon him: daring the year. .- The denomination,.. says a clerical correspondent who supplies this information^ : neVer had a more- popular President.