NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 85, 8 September 1874, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

St John’s Entertainment.—The usual weekly entertainment in continuation of the series will be given this evening in St John’s schoolroom, at half-past seven.

Entertainment. —An entertainment consisting of songs, glees, and readings, will be given this evening in Bt. Paul’s schoolroom, Papanui. Political. —Sir Cracroft Wilson will address the electors of the Heathcotc district in the new Oddfellows’ Hall, Montreal street, on Monday next, at 7 p.m. Chess. —The second game between Messrs Hunter, McAdam, Smellie, and Fraser, of Leithfield, v Mr H. Hookham, of Kaiapoi, was played at Woodeud, on Saturday, commencing at 11.30 a.m., and terminated at 9 p.m.in a drawn game. Municipal Election. The various candidates for the vacant seats in the City Council will address the ratepayers this evening at the Oddfellows’Hall. His Worship the Mayor will take the chair at halfpast seven o’clock. SPORTING. —We are informed that Mr Nosworthy’s celebrated marc “ Mermaid” has dropped a fine colt to Traducer. The colt was born on Wednesday last. We congratulate the fortunate owner of Mermaid on on his good fortune, and hope the youngster will turn out a brother worthy of Lurline. Municipal Works. —The City Council resolved last night to complete the formation of the North and East town belts, and to prosecute the work of the long-talked of Lichfield street water supply. The reports of the city surveyor on these undertakings will be found in another column. Cathedral Guild. —The annual general meeting ot the Guild will be held this evening, in the College Library, at half-past seven. The report of the committee will be submitted, and the officers elected for the ensuing year ; after which a paper will be read by Mr R. Parker on “Hymn Tunes,” with vocal illustrations. The Yen Archdeacon Wilson.— lt is with regret we learn that the Rev J. Wilson, the Yen Archdeacon of Christchurch, has been compelled to resign his connection with the church in Canterbury, and his college appointments, in consequence of failing health, and the immediate necessity for a change, recommended by his medical advisers. Lyttelton Borough Council Elec TION, —The Mayor of Lyttelton has acceded to the request of a number of ratepayers, and has called a public meeting for this evenitig. to be held at the Colonists’ Hall, at eight o’clock, for the purpose of hearing the views of the various candidates nominated for the borough. Timaru School, —The Board of Education have accepted the invitation of the Timaru Borough School committee to be present in October next on the occasion of the opening of the new school in that town, Advantage will be taken of the presence in Timaru of a majority of the members of the Board to hold one or more special meetings, at which the affairs of education in South Canterbury generally will be discussed. During this visit also, the Board will be prepared to receive deputations from district committees. New Zealand Shipping Company.— This company have received advices by telegram from London, date August 24th, announcing that the following vessels had sailed;—Star of India, Honorah, Wellington, and Waitangi, for Auckland : Ocean Mail, for Nelson ; Malania, for Dunedin ; Waitara, for Canterbury. The following vessels were loading;—Assaye, for Auckland ; Jung Frau, for Wellington ; Clarence, for Napier ; Sophia and Joakin, for Otago ; Geraldine and Paget, for Canterbury ; and Carnatic, for Picton. The Building Rate. —Application was yesterday made by the East Christchurch committee to the Board of Education to recommend the Government to collect the moiety of the rate leviable for school building purposes in the district, viz., £2600, in three yearly instalments, so as it might not come too heavy on the ratepayers, amounting, as it would do, to Is in the £. The Board, however, after consulting the Ordinance, were unable to accede to the request, as the law distinctly stales that the amount shall be levied in each year. The collection of the rate in one amount will therefore be proceeded with. Theatre Royal. —There was a very good house at the theatre last evening, when Mr. Citing's play of “The Great World of London ” was produced. The piece itself is well put together, though exhibiting some of the inconsistencies seemingly inseparable from pieces of this class, and the various tableaux possess considerable force and point. Certainly both in mounting and acting the piece was a great improvement on anything yet put on the boards by the present company. Mrs Hill in the part of Ellen Mortimer had a somewhat unthankful task as the part is not one affording much scope for acting. The other lady characters are but sketches. Mr Steele made a very fair Bob Adams, but Mr Musgravo as the emigrating matrimonial baker made the hit of the evening, his local allusions gleaned,-as he is careful to inform the audience, from an uncle resident in the colonies, taking immensely with the pit. The part was capitally played througout. Mr Keogh was the villain of the piece, and was appropriately mysterious as is the nature of stage villains to be. and Miss Lilly May was capital-in the part of Jemmy Dawkins, a sort of character very nearly resembling the Dodger in “ Oliver Twist,” Mr Hooper appeared in so many parts, and sustained such totally opposite characters, as to be somewhat bewildering—now the captain of a baud of thieves, anon a respectable elderly gentleman, finally appearing ns the judge in a trial scene—as ludicrously unlike a court of justice as stage court scenes usually are—one got into a kind of maze as to who he really was. Mr Williams produced some very good scenery, especially Waterloo bridge ; and the appropriate music, now tlirillingly mysterious when a deed of darkness had to be done, ngabi light and cheerful when the funny man came on. was well rendered by Mr Leech and his assistants. Altogether, however, the piece is an improvement on what we have had. and for that reason we hope it will have a good run. The farce of “The Swiss Cottage ” concluded the entertainment.

Mr Chapman. —This gentleman gave the second of his entertainments at the Music Hall, last evening, to a moderate house. The same objection applied to this as on Saturday night, viz, the undue length of time elapsing between the commencement and conclusion of the various tricks. In the second-sight portion Miss Ida Bonnifon was successful in correctly describing various articles. Immigrants. —The Timaru Herald says : Two hundred and eleven immigrants were landed from the Phoebe at Thnaru on Saturday morning. There were four adults from the ship Northampton, eleven-and-a-half from the Canterbury, and 197 J from the Carisbrooke Castle,; those from the last named vessel comprising forty-one families, forty-nine single men, and twenty-three single women. The immigrants complained of the treatment they received on board the Phoebe. It appears that the captain refused to allow them any breakfast on Saturday morning, and as the lauding was not completed till eleven o’clock, they considered they had been kept too long without food, their last meal being taken at three o’clock on the previous day. All the immigrants have a healthy look ; and the men, comprising agricultural laborers and mechanics—the former preponderating,—seem litted for hard work. Upon landing, the new comers were taken to the depots, and during the day a number went to their friends, and several found employment. On Friday, fifty-nine immigrants from the St Lawrence were taken to Waimate by coach, and a like number were conveyed to Tcmuka. To-day about fifty of the uev\ arrivals will be despatched to Waimate, and between fifty and sixty to Terauka. Several more immigrants are expected to arrive by the Maori to-day from the ships Cathcart, Canterbury, and St Lawrence. Fatal Accident at the Waitaki BRIDGE. —The North Otago Times of Friday last says—“ It is with extreme regret we have to chronicle another accident on the Waitaki bridge contract, this time terminating fatally. For the following particulars we are indebted to Mr W. A. Petchell, officer in charge of the telegraph station at Waitaki—At eleven o’clock on Wednesday morning last, it would appear that Mr David Hunter, of the firm of M’Gavin and Hunter, contractors for building the Waitaki bridge, was standing on a girder superintending the placing in position of a cylinder. By some cause unexplained he missed his footing, falling into the river, which at that point was about ten feet deep, and was carried rapidly down the stream. Life-buoys were thrown out and a boat immediately despatched to his rescue, but Mr Hunter, being unable to swim, sank before the boat reached him. The body was recovered soon after, but life was extinct. Deceased, who was thirty-four years of age, leaves a wife and two children. An inquest will be held to-day. The funeral will take place this afternoon at two o’clock. We learn that work will be suspended to-day at the bridge, as all the workmen have expressed a desire to attend the funeral.” By a teleg.iam received on Saturday, we ( Herald ) learn that at the inquest on Friday, a verdict of accidental death from drowning was returned. The accident excited considerable sympathy, and the funeral, which took place at Oamaru, was numerously attended.