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Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 116, 17 May 1895, Page 3

The Lyttelton Times has discovered that the Hon. Mr. Beeves' liberal legislation for Bhop assistants is one of the oldest of English institutions. It appears that a law was enaoted by King Canute, and has never been repealed, to this effect — "Let every Sunday's feast be held from Saturday's noon to Monday's dawn," and this law was only a confirmation of one promulgated by King Edgar the Dane, a.d. 958, commanding the relinqnishtnent of all labour at mid-day on Saturday, and its resumption on Monday at daylight. The stock census ju3t completed by the Registrar-General's Department shows that in February last there were 964,031 head of cattle (including calves) in the oolony. Included in this total were 330,822 breeding cows and 257,140 dairy cows. Auckland Province showed the biggest total, with 258,872 head, inclusive of 82,991 breeding cows and 59,410 dairy cows. Wellington came nt-xt, with 185,544, inoluding 63,377 brecdingand 41,193 dairy cows ; but in dairy cows both Taranaki and Otago, centres of the bntter trade, exceed Wellington - the first with 52,673 breeding cows and 49,450 dairy cows and a total of 151,465 head ; and tho Southern province with 59,067 breeding and 47,359 dairy cows, out of a total head of 141,143. A previous census of oattle was taken in 1891, when it was found that there •were 206,906 dairy or miloh oowa. The returns for 1895, therefore, show an inorease since 1891 of 50,234 head, or rather more than 24 per cent. Cattle of all ages have inoreased during the same period by 175,115 head, or 22 per cent., and breeding cows by 50,111, or 18 per oent. The returns show also that at the time of collection there were 203 silos or ensilage stacks in the colony. Councillor Harris has given notice that he will move as follows at the next meeting of the City Counoil: — "That a, survey and estimate of the coat be made forthwith for filling up the gully and levelling the hills on that part of the Town Belt fronting Sala-manca-road (at the baok of Wellingtonterrace), for the purpose of providing a recreation ground for the city and employing the surplus labour dnring the winter." As a matter of foot, the survey is already nearly completed, and an estimate of the cost will shortly be made. The Coroner (Mr. Ashorof t) held an inquiry tp-day at Tinakori-road as to the cause of the death ot Ivie K. Flemiher. aged seven months, who died at the residenoe of Mrs. Annie Giles yesterday. Mrs. Giles deposed that she was not registered nnder the Infant Life Protection Act, and until yes'erday she wns not aware she Bhonld have been, f-he received the child into the house on tho 9th inBT,, the mother agreeing to pay 10s per week. Dr. Mason proved that when he was oalled in life was extinct. Death was due to collapse, arising from peritonitis. Deceased ought to have hod a dootor's attention, and he thought, had such attention been sought, the child's life might have been saved. The jury, of which Mr. Andrew Gillespie was foreman, returned a verdict in accordance with tho medical evidence. At the late meeting at Cheviot, the only defender of the Government was a Mr. Brick, and even he said that " the settlers had a grievance, and that was the system of cooperative works. They had seen the effects of it at Cheviot. The system was a onrse to the country, and it had robbed them of their rights, privileges, and independence. It had a tendency to create, pauperism in their midst. (A voice — ' Quite right.') " A ballot for Crown Lands taken yesterday resulted as follows : — Seo. 22 b l . 14, Makuri. Edward Sullivan ; eeos. 52 and 53 bl. 12, Maknri, Mary A. S. Prince ; sec. 210 bl. 12, Mangaone, John Sinclair George ; sec. 120, bl. 1, Mangaone. Ernest W. Davis ; lots 4 and 7, Alfredton Village, Thomas Reuben Freer; sco 498, bl. 3, Wairarapa, Arthur Henry Fry ; seo. 29, bl. 2, Maneraone, Elizabeth I.noni; ccc. 79, bl. 7, Ongo, Caroline Abbiss; sec. 39 bl. 10, Kaitawa, B. A. Gilchrist; sec. 10 bl. 8, Apiti, Josef Topic ; seo. 4, bl. 5, Mangahao, Edward Winham ; sees. 100, 101, 102, 105, bis. 5 and 9, Wairarapa, A. C. Murphy. Two beautiful scenes have been painted by Mr. J. S. Allan for the production of Gilbert * Sullivan's opera " Buddigore " by the Amateur Operatic Sooiety on Wednesday next. The first set represents the fishing village of Bederring, in Cornwall. It is a picturesque and characteristic scene, and the best thing Mr. Allan has done in this way. The second is the pioture gallery in Buddigore Castle, a very fine representation of an oak chamber, with handsome carvings and life-size portraits of the Baronets of Buddigore, who become animated during the progress of the opera and step out of their frames. Tho box office fcr the season will open to-morrow, at Holliday's.