NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7712, 18 November 1890, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Sunonoi CotrßT.—Hie Honor Mr Justice Denniscon will eit in Bankrapfccy todavji: It ia understood that his Honor will also deliver judgment in some of the easoa argued in banco. ,™» MtmxoirAii Acoovme.-— Mr Kintt the Government auditor, waa yeeterdayen* gajad in auditing the Municipal account*. £ ArrkßT.—Detective Benjamin yesterday ; afternoon arrested a man named Albert Marouet, on a charge of stealing an ax e t and otherarfciolee, the Cbas. Nottingham. «■«-*«« VotUHTBIiB OWIOBB AI>POIBTED.-.Tk tt commieeion of Mr E. Cutten as Lieutenant xn the Temuka Rifle Volunteers has C B gazetted. s Kaiai-ox Coxtbt.—There Waa n . busmeaa at this Court on Monday all thl cases having been settled, includin* a judgment euinmona case adjourned hv fj.» Justices laat week. * a * Inqxjbst.—The adjourned inaueet »• the girl Charlotte liech take, ffi £ day, when the police will have furtW evidence to lay before the jury. Pomtkal Union.—An annouuceme«« in another column intimates that* meetfn» of the New Zealand Federated SSSS Union will be held m their rooLf Sfl ebreet west, this evening at eight oH '

ASHLSY COtfNTT CotIHCII,.-. The fftlW ing members have been elects! to <y>m*uT thl A«nley County cSMjft riding Mr John J&bmnicSrSSu* Mr Edward Chapm&aj Wee* iw" 2F' S. Sheat; Eyreton, fife vdle ahd Hangiora, Mr H wllT Captain A. Item, MowtiwJ *** Waipara, Mr J. D. I* a <k 8 * Ul **»a* THB LATS Mk SANBBR3OH —TH.a *„,. . of tU.late Mr J5£S! churchyard on Monday w M of J™£ private character. The Eβ?. H T Winfo* read the eervico. Among were Messrs J. D. Lance, J, Little LIL Lane, J. D. Douglas, and othot Rentlenum from Waikari; Messre J. BlJs3£?g Hanmer, W. Warner, and other £ri ea £ from Christcuurch.

This Horhsbt Biwdbr.—Mesare HorasW and Sons, local agents, are advised by cable that Hornaby's binder has added more wins to its already long Hat by beina awarded the firafc prize at Adelaide, beaf. ioff the Buckeye, Howard, Massey, aatf four others; also, at Mudgoe, recemne the first prize—a gold medal— be&tinlr McCormick, Howard, WoM, and DeetiteT Spbinqfibld.—A rnee.mg of reaidente to consider the desirability of reviving the Kowai Pase rural sports waa hold &{ Kean'a Hotel, Springfield. Mr A. B. Lindop waa voted to the chair. It wai unanimously decided to hold eporta og Boxing Day in the Domain. A Cα®, mittee was formed, and Messrs and Chesterfield elected Secretary and Treasurer respectively. A trabaoripUea list waa. passed round the room and nboaS £\4t Bulmoribed. A meeting of the Com* mifctee to draw up a programme wIU b? held at Kean's Hotel on Saturday. Cbickbt. — Tbe match between (J« Avonaide C.C. and St. Albaae Jva&m, played on the Richmond Domain, remjdUsl in a win for the former by 32 runs oa t&a first innings. Scores—3fc. Albana 35 Ui 68, Avonside 67. For St. Albans 6 Chienall, ll and 9, batted well, aa fiij Mills, 35, and Andrews), 10, for Avonside, Stevenson and Cornish bowled well Iα their respective teams, Kainbow.—On Sunday evening a ta&f nificent rainbow was seen for a snort tim? from Kaiapoi. A light rain came unfits the east, and the bow was seen in brultatii priamatio splendour. The band of eofat was of an unusual width, and the ba%lsfc, ac well as distinctions of colorlßg, wag moat ttrikihg. Tbe sunset on the vtm evening was likewise a remarkably spectacle for golden coloring. Faraeta and others were eorry to see the rain «ea3@, Accident.—A man named Tnotnae Fed was yesterday admitted to the Hospital, havinsr. sustained a fracture of the leg as Saturday night. The accident! hawpeiwi in a very simple way. The night was dark, and Ford, who bad been wafting , for a mate, on hearing him ahead, started to join him. He trod on a touni stone and fell over, out! did not fehink: aa^ thing tba matter; He tried to continue, when ha found his leg give way. The doctor, oa t examination, pronounced that the smaU I bone had been fractured. ■ "

CANTsuaiTORY Ckbßß Cx»TJBu-~The raets* bera of this Club have vacated the room Id long occupied by thorn in Hobbs , Battil* inffs, and will meet to-night lor the ftnil time in the Chamber of Commerce b&\l,ia the Australian Mutual Provideafc Buil4« ings in Cathedral square. This room k splendidly adapted for the roqturomeß& of the Cheag Clab, and it is expected there will be a large inflns of members It is intended shortly to have a eociad ta celebrate the formal opening , , aad a mb* Committee has been appointed to ca«| out the arrangements. Abhbojbtoic Pomob Court. —At tlwt Aehbttrton Police Coort yeetesday, befor* the Mayor (Mc l>. THomas), and Mt B, Alcorn,, J.P., Mr Pnrnell applied &» a withdrawal of the information .tfc&fc ted been laid by Meeere Friedlimdsr BfO*. against James MeCrenner for an all&goi breach of the Chattels Transfer Aofe. Me* Crenner asked that the information H dismissed. Mr Furnell objected to thl% and .wiehed it to be distinctly uaderetojsi that the application to withdraw the ia« formation had been made at McCreuaer'i special request. The difference betweeS a withdrawal and dismissal having been explained to McOronnor, the inCorpiatoS was withdrawn

Ahatbub Journalism. —Wβ have to acknowledge the receipt of The Sun, whioa baa been forwarded by the publishers, WO members of the Christ's Collage Bite Oar young contemporary reeemblea J»we closely the illuminated missals of the eartl ages then the commonplace black '•*&s white newspaper of to-day, inasmuch as;tt is written by hand and embellished wiffi several illustrations in water colowawl eepia. The edition is limited to one copj> which, however, enjoys a circulation whkA is practically unlimited, as wo learn w the edition under notice lias been M« round tho town, and is afeill in good w pair. The letterpress is humorous aa» beautifully legible, while the illustrates* ate excellent, and the editor and artiafciga both to be complimented on their vcm We understand that the second numbers The Sun will be published about the «** of the month. KmoHTsrowsr Libbabt. — The usual monthly meeting of the Knigbtstows Library Committee, St Albane, woe hela on Friday evening, Ms Q. Capper (President) in the chair. A. letter was receives from Mr J. Joirsey, resigning the eeure* tsryship, owinjf t6 hie removal irom tfto district. The wsignaMon w»3 accepte* with regret, and a resolution thanking m Jowsey for his services paueed. Tfa* President announced that he had receive a cheque for jB3 2s from Mr E. w. Humphreys in aid of the Library funis* Kesolved—That a hearty vote of thsafel be accorded to Mr Humphreve for h& donatioo; and that the Secretary b&te» quested to acknowledge the receipt of the same. The election-of a, Secretary Wβ two members of tbe Committee was held over until next meeting. A number ci minor matters were discussed, and, after passing aocoonte, the meeting ndjourtted., WooiraoH Towh Boabd. -The wonthlf meeting of the Wookton Town Board va» held on Thursday evening. The Commissionera werepreaentr—Messrs Dix>Wt York, Cooksley, Olover, liichard«oß, and the Chairman, Mr B. S. McDiattaid. Cor* rsapondeocQ was received from the Chrwt« church Drainage Board and from Mr iws. H. Banger re drainage of his property near the Bridge Hotel. Both ia»ttewwere held over until the next nteotang. Mr Dixon, on behalf of the Worts Committee, etated that the contracts in Hargood aod Mardon streets wete not progseesrog e®Mfactoriiy, and suggeated that Mr Cuff be aaked to superintend their completion, ana upon getting a certificate from aim that tbewotkhad been satisfactorily aaisosd. pay over to the contractors tbe amount due on the contracts, which was agraed to. It w»a resolved to sue for all rates unpaid on thtrlet December next. The Clerk waa instructed to gira notice to several ratepaye» that their fences were euoroachinjr upon the footpaths. After passing various aeoottota for paymenfe th* meeting tesmioMe**. ' ■ '' ' '

rm Mstbopowxak Show.—lt i* «geJSy to learn irom the *■»<*?<«&>» SSS of the Canterbury Agrieultoral gfSSwna Association, Mr Jofca. Ander!Si ion., that the receipts of the show S£> butter than for three years previous; the unpleasant weather. *S? Cttra.-A special meetoig of the Gun Club will be held at *& Al Hotel, to-morrow afternoon at MID6AW© BAILWAT I.AWO.—-An £25v¥ sale of lands of the SlMbirf gSy Company will teke place at w gSsr of Commerce halloo Thursday Messrs H. Matsoa and Co., and Mr + ?' Ford will act as joint auctioneers. PHiBMACEUTicAi. Association. — The ~«bers of the Midland Pharmaceutical Aeration are informed by advertise-, *^T e i«ewhere that the annual meeting jSmced for this (Tuesday) evening is Dsmosstration.-—A meeting of *».„ rfplesates in connection wish the above 2n be held at the Traps' Hall thia to receive b;tlance-eheet, &c. TjIESBAND ' HAUCaD WITH MANeiTceHTi*.—1 he adjourned inquest held OTiterday on Marsala Cowan, who died <ier peculiar circumstances on the 6tn wtojit,resulted in a verdict of manJjattgbter being brought in against her *f|!cKtT MiTCH.-Eleven of the College Bora wili play against a team and a t!jjf pf the members of tbe Veteran rvicket vJab, under-hand bowling, toJJaJor. Wickets will be pitched at gran, Gathbbing.—A social gathering i_ with the North Belt Church will be heldt at the oaafellowg' Hall to-morrow evening, when Mr A- E a .f e preside. A musical will be given, and during the teniae short addresses will be given by Bers. J- <? ibb > nf Dunedin; Dr. Elmelie, L JL teitt> an< * ®* Erwin. Kaiapoi Loyal Lodob oj Oddfellows. intended to make the forthcoming MHUTersary of the Kaiapoi Lodge of Oddfellows ft decided success both in the djBBW aao , tbe dance, for whicn a large somber of tickets have been sold. Notice Cotjbt.—There was Tery little fenginesa for transaction at the Police, fijort yesterday morning. A first offender was fined £s for drunkenness. Alexander Cowan, on the charge of causing the death <jf hie wife on the Bth November, was farther rero-mded. Messrs Westenra and Biiiiop occupied (he Bench. gj. Albass Cbicket Club.—The Secre fcr?of tbe St. Aibans Cricket Club has received a letter from hie Lordship the, Bishop °* Christqhurch acceding to the Cocimittee'e request to become patron of fee Club. w^, Xhiatbe Koyal.— "A. Doll's House" was repeated last night at the Theatre j Bovel very successfully. It wUI be played I tnin tonight for the last time, and to -j sorrow evening, which is the last of the' eeMOUjMiss Achurch will take a benefit. Oa this occasion the powerful ptay v of "Fowet Mc Net" will be produced, with JKaa Acaurch as Stephanie, the partcreated by Mies Genavieve Ward. Aβ the play itself ie a great favorite with ChristSarch playgoers no doubt there will be alarge audience on the occasion. j Lost.—On Saturday evening/at about fire o'clock, a girl named Louisa Sullivan left Mr Brown's residence in Madras etreet, and has not been heard of since. Anyone who knows of her whereabouts will confer a favor on. her father by comaramcating with him or with the police. Woodssd. — The Band of Hope held their dosing meeting on Friday evening in the Oddfellows' Hall. There was a Jarge attendance. Mr K. Evans in,, the chair; The programme, . cbnsieting ,of eongs, rccivatioos, a'tiddiaiogueSi was given by friends from Kaiapoi. Miss Ellen preeitjedi at the organ. At the close of the meeting ten" new members joined, , ; ■ ■ Bath. — • Attention is called to the alteration of date of auction

ewe by Mr Charles Clark, at hie rooms, of a fine collection of Antique china, cabinets, ie, tbe property of Mrs John Studholme. The (ale will be on Friday next, not Thursday, owing to the Diocesan Choral Festival *i«ing held on the latter day. Moossxt. —The modesty of some people fe perfectly astonishing. This is an ex tract from the speech of Mr Earashawy a candidate for the representation of the Peninsula: —"He felt in some degree Something of tbe spirit of his. fellow eoantryman Gladstone, when he entered Bpoa the famous Midlothian, campaign ml wrested from the Tory par fry the stronghold o£ Midlothian." The Grand Old Maa would hardly appreciate the %35ipHi!<*1lt. . ' _A Lab Mis3bngk«—lnformatioir'haa beeft

Koeived from Constable Wartinj& t&uth budge, that a lad named Jbhri Wilson, pf weak intellect, Bad been missing from hie employer b place (Mr Roberts', Heslerton) tiss» 6 o dock on. the loth. < Wilson had ken afc Mr Roberts' place for four tad previously was at service for two or three years near Lincoln, where tie stated he had a sister living. Before that the boy tad been at Buraham School. Hie bihes is dead, and his mother supposed to toe s& inmate of Suunyside Asylum. Ts4K Eicubsion.—A tram excursion to Saamer will take place this evening. In cassation with the excursion the following programme will be given, by the Stanaqra Band, under Mr I). McKillop:-f-Hfircb, *' Preciosa ** (Devery);, selection, "Srana Duchess ,, (Offenbach)V s6s*, "QaeeaofMy heart , * (Metcalf) s polka, *Silrer Cornet" (Swift)j quadrille, "Maritaoa" (Wallace) ; echottieche, •Lssa" (Harris); grand slow march, •ThePrince"(Delacy)} w TheQtteea" Owas Becitai..—Mr G. F. Tendall, the vathednl organist, gave a recital in the Ca&fcdral last night, which was very wgdj attended. The itemi selected *fae from the works of some of the great aastets. Mr Tendall did fall justice to ™ fioe instrument, and powerfaUy latetpceted the maaio. Mr A. Millar, the Vocalist,-ffas in eplendid voice aad all hie *** «r«te capitally tendered. • BiaHO? Julitts.—On Sunday. Bishop •wius preached in the pariah church at f 53 to a latge ccngregation. ESt. f:\ffi2lips read the prayers and lessons. «f Bleep's diecoarse was from St. taal'e 2«H» to the Philippine, ohap. iii., v, 18 T*. «. teferrim; to the Apoetle'e ef purpose in acoompliih?fij? fte Wo 7 k wh i c h he had S W 4 forcible application of 111*. - in tne Chrißtlan beai f ia&sle to the congregation. The fffrpafter/aria adminiatered the Sac»of Coeaauaiou. Hie 3#ordship then SS* Ii Blt to When he tdok eewices. In the afternoon ft M™» was held, when the rit4 of was celebrated, about thirty S\K» presented by the in* g«t the Eev W\ E. GiUkm. The an impressive address to the In tifcie evening the h&*u* 3 <srow^« k a- Prayers were reai &£?*»• W. E. Gillam, the Eev. H. P. the leseone. The Bishop •lw a £fflfmon from Jeremiah, 18, v. , 3, to the potter's house, an ; d, 1» iSI fce , wr OGgljt a wort on thy wheels." the work of a potter & that of *lUbLj brin S in ff U P c* the young, fc if? j oafc bow man J pereons fail to pj^r 5 " dQ ty to their children. ApproS^Sib 118 were SttQ l?' Misa Torleeee §j a v~I B g at th 3 organ. On Monday the t£s3ZT Uts Jnline held a reception in grounds, which was attended V o? parishioners: «t^ a Ctmos.—There ia; oft view Eowmaa and So&'s room* a JJ» *od iat«teata n? collection of South and Maori eiirios, some of ' Tery **»» attd »c worthy of a, by coUectora. J«S Comply, Llwtted, ,tk» 1 I "»pS£s eda^d f . heir orices - Cebinete, WoifiL* Portion. Wβ are theunly the country. See adveraS?i2? ar »other page.-(AOVT.] SfiJgpSawcr Lohd oisLow having '&* ***a^p*P h . «Pec«nene of them may "flliaui ;? t , c St «dio arcong the usual ttei. iS,^ y, Ali P* 6 ™ ,lß can rely known and adot Stakdisb *KB ■■■■•;: vb.v. ' .:

I)ioc*SAjf r eeoaMJu, Fjwcttal. -« th 9 annual festival of the Dioceeau Chomi Association will,take place oftThuwday next. The various choirs taking , part have, been assiduous in their rehearsals, and a very complete performance of the music Iβ expected.

i Thb MoDasH WiaAßD.—tt ia aanounoed that Thomas A. Edisotti the inventor of the electrio lighting system and of the I phonograph, and the perfector of the ti»lonhon*. has turned hie attention to J aeftai navigation, and his declared his intention of equipping an air ship which I will: be propelled by electricity. Edison is also working on another idea, which will revolutionise the telegraphic world. At present he is conducting experiments with this end in view. Hie discovery consists of a combination of metals, which, by connecting with the earth,' will do away with the necessity of telegraph wires being strung between two points. Edison 1 has already conducted iiia experiments so far that two operators standing out of i ordinary hearing distance can distinctly hear the faintest whisper by connecting with the ground. If he succeeds in carrying out hie ideas all. telegraph wires will be discarded.

A Ptiettß ov Grasshoppers.—A telegram from Albury : in the Sydney Daily Telegraph of the 6th Inst, says:—According to reports received here from the western districts of Biverina the grasshopper plague threatens to assume serious proportions. At present the grasshoppers are very small in the plain districts, but there are absolutely millions of them to be seen in all directions. Soma places are entirely free, but in other* there are acres of them and so small that they can scarcely be noticed in tbe grass. Directly they are disturbed, however, they move in clouds. They are only yet about the size of a common housefly, but enormous numbers of eggs were deposited last season and are how only being hatched. Although they are yet co small the immense: number of them may be estimated by the fact that they seriously impede the progress of trains on the Deniiiquin and Moama railway. The large engines in use on the line have only been able to draw half a load, and even with the limited weight behind the speed of the train ie seriously impeded. The grasshoppers in patches lie by the side and over the rails to the depth of an inch or more,' and as the wheels pass over the insects the lines becomes greasy and-tbe wheels clogged; Brooms have been fixed to the cowcatchers on the engine, and by this means, together with sand sprmklers behind the brooms, the trouble is reduced.

* Exhumation- ob; , <Gx,vok'B. JBeatAme.— The Vienna cocreapondent of the Daily CkronicL* telegraphs that-the exhumation of the remains of €Huoky the famous composer, took place at the old Wahring Cemetery, which is about to. Be abolished. They will be reinterred in the portion, of the Central Cemetery which has been set apart for the reception of .the bones of the great men of Austria, among which are those of Beethoven; Mozart, and Schubert. Gluok'e remains were found in a good state of preservation, • though it ie 103 years since the great composer died. The remains were placed in a new-coffin before reinterment. V '■*.■';".'„

Dβ. Talmaqb awd His Banjo.—The Bey. Dr. Talmage is (says a New York I paper) sadly missed by his neighbors in Brooklyn in more ways than one. EveryI body knows that the-Doctor is ;fond -of; music, bat they are unaware that he can expertly play the banjo; Yet it ie true. Before he departed. upon, his vacation he pretty regularly made the early evenings melodious with the eo»nd of his favorite musical instrument as he sat in the back parlor of iiis ■ residence -oil South Oxford street. The windows were usually open and the touching strains of some old time melody floated out upon the air. When he began strollers in the adjacent park paused to listen, and people in near-by houses came to their windows. in order that they should not miss a single note. Such sweetly tunfful airs as "Annie Laurie," " Comin' Through the Eye/ and "A Way Down upon the Suawanne Bibber ,, were favorites with him, and when he played them his eager auditors always felt like joining in the refrain. Bub now the house is silent and the banjo bud away. Dsaxh ox* an Eminent Welsh Basd and Divine. -The Key. W, ><3k Thomas, bardically known &a GlanfErwyd, the eminent Welsh bard and man of letters, riied recently at the residence of'his sister, Mrs Thomas; Pontygraigwen, Pontypridd. ! 'i.ut! rev. gentleman, who was senior vicar of St Asapu, had not long been ailing, and a few weeks .• ago. was. removed to- a Liverpool institution; where he was treated for paralysis of' the 'brain. The rie* ws of his death will be received "with sincere mourning throughout the Principality, in every part,of which he was known and , esteemed. Glanffrwyd commenced life tfe a woodcutter with his father, at Llanwouno, but when efeill in hie,teens opened a day school at Aberdare, end studied tor the ministry. He \c6mmenced to preach /with the Calviniatdc Methodißta, but 'eventually seceded' to the Church of England, where his abilities 'soon secured far him the\ important living of Sfc Asaph. In politics he was an ardent Liberal, and was returned as" such on the Denbighshire Ta© deceased was best ! known, however, as a bard, he having won several chairs and other important prizes :at the National Eistoddfodau. He was a I popular Eisteddfod conductor* and had i acted in that capacity for a large number of national and provincial'gatherings.' Hβ leaves a widow and fchree children. VAiitfABLB StAMsMos.--lt innst make 1 the month of the etatiaticiari water (observes the PaUMaXI fiudget)\<> read the l!st of important industrial faots which J the I>ench is about tocollecC. Jfothing less than a complete i&dustrial I census is contemplated by the French Ministry of Commerce, and a vote of 400,000? ia to be applied to carry it on. The facts to be ascertained embface the following main points—Hours of work and rates of wages in various "occupations and at; vsjaoua ages) liability to special > diseases and to aocidents; ages of persons engaged in industrial occupations; vvfeat percentage of children below sixteen 1n I each occupation, what percentage of adults. and what of old persons. It is hardly neceßsary to point out the immease import?ance of an accurate knowiedsfe of these facto as a preparation to any attempt to deal .with industrial problems on & large fec&la. But only the Utter items in the I list are roughly tabulated in our own census returns, and though we Are still the foremost industrial nation of the *orld, we are, apparently, too ; poor to collect fuUer iafoiination about the economid condition of the great mass of our