NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLVIL, Issue 7717, 24 November 1890, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Nomination.—Candidates are res-isM 1 that by the Electoral Acta Autttt-B*esi 1 Act, 18HO*they must be nominated tffm 1 seven days before the polling day. «_»» | 6of the Act reads as follows.—" Aay *»W I registered elector, with his co_«e»Mw § be nominated as a candidate tot «** s | < ~; I for any district, by not l-*» ,$ p I two electors for the last I tioned district, by . a I in the form or to the effect set forth M* ** | Form B of the First Schedule, g»v«* * § transmitted to the Keturaing Oißoar •* J | to reach him not less than saves, ag" i before the day appointed for the poll. *» m consent of any person to be |= may be aignifted to the Eeturuiog § by letter sent by post or affixod to J* 1 nomination paper, or by »ua arm w g message by telegraph, which «*»»**; 1 deemed to be delivered in time « I at the telegraph office for trans^a* 8 | within the time hereinbefore limited. § ' MAanrrsßiAi.—At the Heoidest »*£* I trate*s Court, Ohristohuroh, on Ssta*W | there was no business for transaction : f of the Globe and Keep-it-Dark a « Id J*K I Companies telegraphs Mr James m**? | son, Hereford street, the return «»■ | current week, as t ollowsWGlobo, !s*** I amalgam from 180 tons; Keep-ie-V*** | 2-lok of amalgam forlß6 tons. .. w_ I TataPHONB to Ba-raio-u. -_**£ f meeting on Friday eveniug the BffTl f Borough Council decided to apply ** g 1 estobUshmeat of a telephone *•<*"*;£ I telegraph office, connecting wxta *- m bureau at Christchurch. fe I Kahoiora MAVoaAtfff.—ln ***P*?f__, I a requisition a public meotingr, to I %JZ g ■ hWbeen fixed to be held at aa ** I

Kaiapoi BiQAT-'A.--Satwfactory <* 1 rangements have ht»n ■ | way department by »men tw Wgjj; 1 funds wili bent'dt by *• i to Kaiapoi on the day of the boat | No«th Woot SU» | present there is a considerable deuv« >j g wool going into the store* ot Mr w. * | at J-angiora, in »^ t,(, I sale on December Bto,wU«u bo | bales. The store v moat canwaUs£■£* § sired for : a complete| I •pective classes which w-U be sussa**- j tot eonjwutio" I

~Z££ta Com-- 1 -—-s» l******! . I cnla *■ the Supreme Court will open ■■? before his Honor Mr Justice T__vc*lan<ia_-»not one. _! •Smioar'WooL Saiss,—By mistake wool sales were advertised **J£ riace on 28th November. This is t» t TL v 0 f the Christchurch wool sales. Ashburton take place on 4th her Tha ordinary meetings of Pity Cooo 0 * 1 and the S-HAnham Council will be held this ew_»_ D *!sFSx£lfx" - The Christchurch .rJt* Society announce that they will "The Messiah ' at the Oddfellows' Committee will be held at l&lsora "Exchange this evening at eight WjinAr Mr Gray will address the rateEfrsjs of tbe Kichmond Ward at the ijfrtsters' Hall. Jttichmond, to-morrow arrested a man named John fvuninings- ias Ca m« ro u, on a charge of a carriage rug from the Bink rS on tbe 9th inst. He will be 2«_2bt up at the Court tbis morning. AcerD- sT - ~3- Smith, one of the em- __«»_« of r Danks, plumber and gas- £__• bad the misfortune to fracture his ffSbone oii Saturday, the injury being *s_j«g_ by a bar of iron falling on his hjajder. He was takan to the Hospital, 21,3 he received every attention. Sailikg Club.—The first of the season for a trophy was held angsturday afternoon, when there was a f_* tide and a pretty smart, north-easterly __$•£, The boats which started were— - wEvans), Lotus (Kaiapoi Sailing CJub), Sao (Cu»pman), White Arrow (Paraham) _a__ie Sir (Delamain). The White Arrow «» granted 2_niin, the other boats having 'allowance. After a capital race down jmjo, the Hero took the lead and came {firsts loa second, but the latter had to _|ist_ace to tbe White Arrow on time •Uss-soce-gagj-is Tobb SaooTiNo.—-The fourth ajßßetition for the Wynn-Williams trophy teofeplaoe on Saturday at the Cfarist«_arcfa Working Men's Club. The followi_*s» the principal scorers:—C. E. Bird, lis. A. W. Jones, ser, 3,; W. B. Scott, - L 31 j C. McCarthy, 2, 34; G- Bayner, Tv- 3. Mcludoe, scr, 33 j E. Hardcastle, __> 82; 0. W: Turpin, scr, 32 j J. Houn--5 is,; B. C. Wells, scr, 31 5 G. Allen, «*ai; W. G. Munford, 1, 31; C. W. gberrrood, scr, 30; W. Garrard, scr, 80; jr. Robertson, acr, 30. - Fish in Lake Ellbsmbes.—Flounders git bow very plentiful in Lake Ellesmere, __| each boat is sending two cases (the jsaat quantity fixed by the Union) per day to $3 Christchurch markets. The flounders ire so plentiful that each boat can net boo ten to fifteen cases per day. The very great increase in the fish is caused through &c lake not being open into the sea for ' some six months, but as soon as tbe opening is again made very large quantities till make their escape into salt water. Situs Shooting.—The final competition fcr-pruws presented to the E. Battery of Artillery by Messrs M. Sandstein and C. 6 Howell took place at the Hillsborough tmge on Saturday afternoon, when Qt.-K-ster Sergeant Dougali and Bombardier Ificholson proved the winners. The conditions were ranges 200, 300, aud 500 yds, -fte highest aggregate scorers in two mashes to be the winners. Scores :—Qr.- ------' Master Sergeant Dougali, 149; Bombay disr Nicholson, 138 ; Gunner Higgs, 137; gen-cant Henwood, 134. • won TEiDPiiABS. —The Hope of <Jh_istchorch Lodge held a pleasant session on Thursday last. In the absence of the C.T. Bro. Efiord preaided. After the ordinary ■' -owi-esa had been disposed of, a discussion on the merits of the various candidates for ParUamentary honors took place. T,he . Lodge thought itself justified, and would be. only acting consistently with the principles of the Order, if the voters therein would carry out that consistency by strenuously workißg for the no compensation and prohibition candidate, Mr Smith. Toe D.G.C.T., Bro. E; Long* Stated that the harmonium fund concert t would toko place on Thursday next, i£7th? Yachtiwo,—A handicap yacht race took f»la&e oa S&turday afternoon at Lyttelton, the contestants being the Maseotte, -dyttle, asd Jfeva. The race, from a spectator's point of view, was. decidedly iaterestiag. Hitherto it has-been the practice to allow the yachts: to start together from the starting point and d-duct the time allowance when the race . vas over, but on Saturday.-the- yachts w» started one by one. The Myrtle, ehich had fifty minutes* allowance, was feet seat off, followed by the Neva with SJarty minutes twenty minutes later f so that die first boat past the winning post *S8 adjudged the winner. The Maseotte «oon -sade ap the greater part of the time . tdkwaaoe, bat was not able to catch the «*4fi?,the Myrtle boating her by eight sad a half minutes. The Neva was s&bfc*«a_3id a half minutes behind the

A Lkfteb Box OfKN.—-Last evening, wsi a quarter to ten,- Mr B. Brown of too Christchurch Hospital, and _dr Whitta, «*a*keeper, Tuam street, found the letter-ws-t the corner of Cashel and DuYham teeeis lying open, lii it were eight letters, Kwral newspapers and two packages, In* : waa&tfoa was sent to the police mc\ the' ,«*» DSse authorities, and Chief Detective on his arrival, took charge of • ©st&ateats of the bos. The padlock was \ Btisaag, but whether it had not beea put *a .shad been removed is unknovn at There were no marks of-any «floathe door of the box, showing that w-fcfflce had not been used, fiao,-. About 11 o'clock on Satuiday a small fire occurred in Messr. M* v«*__-na Co.'s boot factory, St. Asiph . • 3 * re »- It appears that ono of the hatda J». engaged in boiling W,»at is callad & compositaon of turpentihe and • EjSWS used for finishing, boot sojet. «a_l-his back was turned for a moment tw.S-t boiled over, and the material in contact with the flame, biased *£The man was unable to extinguish Kfctliaie,, and was overcome with the !*se*._ad had to seek safety, Several rjjfcfaanas procured buckets of water the fire, which did no a ge beyond ecorching the woodwork leather stored in the room. The ■■"■ j being given, the Fire J-ilgades *j_*d out, but fortunately their services ■Ssaot required. * I ft_?? SST "'--O n Saturday morningshortly a young xaan named Henry who was driving a spring cart £*fgag to Mr Gimblett, was thrown zT™ 1 * vehicle, and sustained! somewhat l?®teive injuries. He was driving from r®fett street into Colombo street, and **» tßßuag sharp enough the wheel of ?•©-« slid on the tram line, the effect to Whitehead out. y e ??f to the reins until the wheel passed rjms chest, the horse then getting free _ta down the street until secured "«%aa street. Mr C. D. Scott, who, !?J«_ accident, had the lad at once Cottle »the Hospital. It was found that *$,__** several ribs fractured; besides JJ™ his head was slightiy injured. The **BjJ maxt is in a fair way towards re-

Friday evening inspected the Kaiapoi Eifla_, under Lients. Millar and Wilson, iu-*** Cadets, forty-six, under Captain £*j»BM_er, Lieutenants Gerard and <$Z®J- The object of the conunanding manual parade was, according to regulations, more estif a fcooroia gb inspection Sk^.-i^* 8 °* arms onii iatnxe. »S ? 0f ri&eß and cabbies, *<&&!* and pouches, elicited a « praise from Colonel Lean. There large assemblage of the ptfbho, several ladies, in the Drill %a *3_,*•*_«« the inspection which W^rL by -^ e auumal m * *&*■ <&&ofn, f extreme precision of the the cadets* carbines in tha manual tbe.exacteiess of the l*»3tt_. i *"",*■ invisible swords, ss-_r r«!J-°?^ hness of drill/ Alexander, the companies ** i?* battalion aad slnrnuahing H Lean » °» **-ew return to the «^_P!?„ expres-ioa to a few-words of

St, Augustine Lodge. JJ_o,C*, will be held at the Hall, Manchester street this evening at 7.30. Hosprrir. akdChabit ablb Aid Boabds. —The various local bodies interested' will meet on Wednesday next, for the purpose of electing their representative- on the Hospitsdajid Charitable Aid. Boards for the ensuing year. AcsusowLßDQjtßH-r.--Among the donations to the Hospital last week was an invalids folding -hair, presented by -dinars _lorrow, Bassett ana Co. Londow Missionabt Socestt — Yesterday Captain Hore and Rev. Mr King, the Australasian agent of the London Missionary Society, who have come as a deputation to this colony to urge the claims of the Society, preached at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, at Trinity Congregational Church, and at the Linwood Congregational Church. They also addressed a united meeting of Sunday Schools at St. Paul's in the afternoon. ~ A report of Captain Hore's address at St. Paul's appears elsewhere. This evening a public meeting in connection with tne Society will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Lichfield street, when addresses will be delivered by the deputation and others, and a collection made for the objects of the Society. Abt Exhibition.—On Saturday evening the Art Gallery was patronised by the largest attendance of visitors since the opening, thns showing that as the excellence of the Exhibition becomes more generally known the patrons of art are quite ready to avail themselves of the opportunity afforded them by the collection of pictures now iv the gallery, There was an additional attraction in the Shape of some excellent singing by Mrs Wilson and Mr A. Millar, and the performance of a portion of " The Rivals" by Messrs Yon Haast, Alpers, and Firth. The latter fentleman also gave some good recitations, 'o-night Miss Spensley, \ the Misses March, Mr W. A. Day, and others, have kindly consented to assist. The attend ances at the gallery have so much increased during the last few nights that tbe Council have decided to keep the exhibition open for some time longer. It is gratifying to find that as the excellence of the exhibition becomes 'known greater in terest is being taken in it by the public, and the Council are greatly in hopes that sthey will be enabled to sell a large nam her of Art Union tickets. It je also hoped that thepublioduriugthenextfortnight will purchase aome of the pictures, and so add to the building fund, and also encourage' I our local'artists to persevere. j Tbeemakatj Quartz Mining Company. •—The shareholders in tbis Company will [ learn with satisfaction that the many difficulties with which the above, Company has hail to contend are likely soon to come to an end in a very satisfactory manner. A visit was recently made by tw© ; of the Direotors to the mine, and -tests' carried out with the machinery belonging to the Company of a parcel of quartz taken from the reef, 60 feet from the entrance' to the opper tunnel. The results, of this test are so encouraging that the Directors have determined to lose no time in completing the arrangements for carrying on continuous crushing. The machinery for this has been erected, and ia now in perfect working order. The mate-, rial for the aerial tramway, including two mues of steel wire rope, is all on the ground, and its erection is the only work to be done. This the Direotors are intending io put in hand at once. ' NEW l-BOBBATIO-7 800-t, Kiia.iNc_rr.— A new recreation room or hall for the Killinchy district was on Friday' night with a ball, at which some fifty couples were present. The music was provided by Messrs Stackhousa and, and the refreshments by the young ladioa of the district.' Mr Thomas Humphrey j who acted as M.C., assisted in a large I measure to the evening's enjoyment. The j want of a hall has long been felt in the district. The new building has already, been largely made use of by the young people in various ways, notably for a. Mutual Improvement Association..■,'■ The building has been paid for and erected by' private subscriptions and contributions, at a cost of over £300. The section of land it stands on Was aleo purobased in the same manner. Much praise is due to the gentle-, men who took the matter in hand for' the benefit of the district, aud more particularly to Mr C. Sanderson, wKoJbas worked very hard for the object. ~ ; _. _S_j_a?r.E_ ! ON, —On Tuesday a large nam-, ber of residents i of. Tetapleton ■'■> followed i . the remains oi the late Mr P. Muirhead' to the cenietery. The service at the; g?aye, was conducted by the Bey,' F.: Knowles in! an impressive manner. ' . Amopgst the \ ohief moiirners were "Messrs B.V Dawson, G. Lill, J. Muirbead, J. Sowden, F. Lill, A. Sanderson, J. WvLili/P. Lill, J.Brown t J. Gemmeil, J; Jones and others; Mr Muit;head, who was one of the oldest residents in the Templeton district, died cfli'..the; 15th inst., at the advancedage of 8j jea.rs.He; came to the cplbny.in .the!'ship .Chariot of Fame in 1863,..and since": that time VfdUlowed the ocoupatiott of a farmer,.being' very successful. Mr Muirhead had iOiir, children—one son and three daugters--who survive him. ' ; ■<■.--'■. ~ \ ,

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A Nbw WA_fSH__». —An addition to the effective strength of th% Navy was made in September by the completion for sea of the. battleship Superb, which will the placed after her machinery trials in the first class reserve ready for commission. Since her return from the Mediterranean Ration she has had a thorough 7 overhaul ana repair. She has also been fitted with nm triple compound engines and boilers of and had,, her armament strengthened by. the addition, of ! several oreechloading guns audi machine \ guns The total cost of her reconstruction rises-mated at-8120,000. ;

iNmssEiNa dis* coveri-3 of remarkable interest to the students of history aad philosophy hate' lately been announced in the German Press. Professor Stein, in the course of his researches in the Public , Library of _»T_ric!i>, unearthed a Tetter by Descartes, addressed to a gentleman named Dozein, aad jreating .of a problem, in U_athemati»s. It will shortly be made public thro««h the columns of one of the learned journals. The second "find 1 " is of a still mo*** interesting character, being a commentary on the writings of -Arietotie by the Italia, monk Giordano Bruno. The manuscript was found in the Library of Erlanger. ly Professor Stolse,. of W-urtsburg. ' ' ' . . ■

•■*» Well Dona, Dbass ! **r-The death is announced of Captain Arthur Sodney Blase, 8.N., at Bgggatfc Hall, Norwich, Tbe deceased officer,who was bom in 1834, was the second son oi the late LieutenantCJolonel Sir Hugh, Seymour Blsnei who served with the Scots Guards at Waterloo; his elder brother beingLieutenant-Qeneral Sir Seymour Blanc, C.B, who served with much distinction in *he Crimea and Indian Mutiny. Captain, Blanc commanded the gnnboat\ Drake in the Chinese War of ' 195? r 60 and his gallant conduct on tae attack on, the Taku Forts earned for him the distinction from the Commander-in-Chief, Sir James Hope, of "Well done, Drake y being signalled to him during the action by the signal whici, it may he remembered, was repeated at the bombardment of Alexander in favo- of Lord Charles Beresferd and the Condor. Captain Blame married in 1878, tb» second daughter of Mr Fit-aim Campbell, of Barton Hall, Cheshire, and leaves a family of two sons and one daughter, tbe elder' son now being heir to his tade's baronetcy. , , I "