CHRiSTCHURCH. 30th June.

Evening Post, Volume XVIII, Issue 1, 1 July 1879, Page 2

CHRiSTCHURCH. 30th June.

The shipwrecked crew of the barque B. L. are staying in Chris tchurch. They leave again to-morrow (or New Brighton. It is thought a goad part of ihe cargo may be savod. A man named Paul Clifford was smothered to-day, while working as a diver at the wreck of the barque Bells. He had on a divinfc apparatus with an air tube, but when released a very small quantity of air was found in the helmet, and the man was quite dead, although ho had only been down a little over ten minutes. An inquest will be held to-morrow. The registrar's returns for Christchurch and district during June are as follow* :— Births, 167 ; marriages, 20 ; deaths, 39 For the halfyear the returns arc -Births, 1029; deaths, 443; marriages, 215. A man named Dillon was arrested at Amberley for obtninibg £105 from Royse, Steed, and Co , by fraudulent representations. Dr. Foster, a fading Christchurch lawyer, was to-day fined 10s fur getting on. the train whilo in motion. Another batch of parents were summoned by the Kaiapoi School Committee for" notsendi Ing their children to school. »Ini'our out of eight ca^ea the m<gi"tratc made orders for the* children's attendance. Tho action of the committee is said to oause considerable excitement. This Dak At a special meeting of the Board of Governors of the Canterbury College, to be held on Monday next, a resolution will be moved that the Buard, before sending for masters of the Boys' High School, should define the course of instruction to be pursued, And ©specially resoive upon the division of tbo upper portion of the school into two sections— one giving prominence to ancient classics, and the othor to modern language, mathematics, and science. Edward Dillon was charged at the Resident Magistrate's Court with obtaining an order for the payment from Royse, Stead & Co for £75 by ialso pretences. On a second count he was charged with obtaining an order fur the payment of £40, and a thre-hing machine which ho obtained on the faith of his farm being freehold. Since his bankruptcy, however, the farm had appeared in tho name of hi 3 brother. The case was remanded to the 4th. The floods up country are decreasing. There was a heavy rain last night.