The Lyttelton Times. MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1871.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3200, 17 April 1871, Page 2

The Lyttelton Times. MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1871.

Claims to v otb. — There are 75 fresh applicants to vote on the Lyttelton roll. The Knoush Mail. —The Rangitoto was l to leave Melbourne for Hokitika about April 1 3. I> is n t imp obable that the two mails will a> rive together S. Jon* thb Baptist.— The annual meeting of p.irislii'inera of this church, for thei eh ction of officers and transaction of other buidness, will be held this evening at hilfpto.t seven o’clock in the schoolroom, whet)' it is. h pml that all who take an interest in the chpreb will attend. ' i Ltit- it s Municipal Election.— The I'li c on tor n Council! rip the place of Mr J ; |out, iskes place this day. The Candida oiinr-Mssrs (J. Bnist, ;W. H. Cummins, and 11 J A Perrin. The honrs of polling Me io Ba. in. to 4 p.m., at the Coupcil Cha 'i h r«

I »mu n Parish Gathrkino. The «nuu I .g-tittering of the parishioners- wid t»k • plw on Wednesday evening, in th«i : oio i tK IM . Tea will be on the table ftt 1 sit ,’c"Ck, alter which the usual yearly m eting will be held. Speeches, readings, ni l hm lc will form tba programme for tho s erasing.

Avonsidb Parish.— -The annual Easter meeting of parishioners will be heldln the: schoolroom, at i (otefobk on Wednesday event ing next. ■ -Sw 1 S. Michael’s Parish.— The annual-meet-ing, for,the election of officers! and passing accounts;: will be held, tbis evening, at,*7, o’clocki in the parish schoolroom. ; J Band qr Hors.— -A meeting will be held in the-Temperance Hall.at 7;30 pm to-day. The Bazaar Committee will also meet at the same place, at 8.16 p.m. Theatre Royal.— Saturday night’s performances at the Theatre Royal were well attended.' The'piece' presented was “ Jessie Brown, or the Relieriof Lucknow.” To night J‘ Ftou frou” Will be produced, for the first time in Christchurch. Kaiapoi Parish Chuboh. The annual Easter Meeting of the parishioners of this church tookijplace on Thursday evenjtog There -were • sixteen . members prisaent,And the Rev, W. W. Willock occupied the chair. The following officers were elected fdr the ensuing year Churchwardens : Messrs B. Revell and pr Trevor ; vestrymen ; -Messrs C. S. Bell, |L- Revell, C. apd Josiah Birch ; • school committee: - MessrsG. L. Mellish and J. C. . porter, with the vestrymen, ex officio. The returning officer, Mr 'Josiah Birch, declared Messrs P. f Hanmerand A. F. N, Blakiston duly elected to represent the parish at the sittings of the Diocesan Synod, they being the only gentlemen who had been nominated. The question of discontinuing the present system of letting seats was spoken of, but no attempt was made to upset the present arrangement. Votes of thanks were passed to the retiring officers, the choir, and the rev. chairman for presiding, and the meeting terminated after the transaction of some formal business. Accident: —While Mr Josiih Birch and his wife were returning from Christchurch to Kaiapoi, in their buggy, on Friday afternoon, they bad a narrow escape from what might have been a serious accident. Mr Birch was driving along the North Road, near the culverts on the north side of White’s Bridge, and was just about to drive over one of them, when he observed Ward and Co’s four-horse cart coming along at a galloping pace. The driver, a man named William Manson, either could hot or would not check the speed of his horses, and Mr Birch, with a view to avoiding a collision, drew his horse back to the side of the road, but notwitb standing the efforts made by him to get out of the way, the wheel of the brewer’s cart struck his horse and jerked Mrs Birch out of the buggy, causing her to fall he-ivily upon the road. Fortunately the ihjuries she sustained were not of a serious nature, and only resulted in a severe shaking. The horse had one of its legs severely injmed, and the point of one of the shafts and a portion of the harness were broken. Manson never looked round to see what damage he had done, but continued to drive his hor.es at the same furious pace. Otago and Southland.— We learn from the Daily Times of April 14 that his Honor the Superintendent has received and accepted the resignations of Messrs D. Reid, G. Duncan, B. C Haggitt, J. L. Gillies, and J. Mouat, as members of the Executive Council It is also notified that his Honor has been pleased to appoint a new Executive, consist ing of Mr E, B. Cargill, Provincial Secretary; Mr G. Turnbull, Provincial Treasurer; Mr C E Haughton, Secretary of Land and Works ; and Mr Duncan M'Arthur, who represents Makarewa—a Sou'bland district-r----non-official member. Negotia'ioni are in progress, we believe, with the object of obtaining a fifth member, who will be identified with the agricultural interest The Provincial Solicitorship, it is understood, will not be taken by either of the legal gentlemen; who have seats in the Council, but will be offered again to Mr Haggitt Mr Haughton will hold the Secretaryship of Land and Works temporarily, uqitilithe Council meets, when the Government will propose an alteration in the Executive Ordi ance, so as to enable Mr Haughton to be appointed Goldfields Secretary—a new office hould this alteration be effected, Mr Cargill will hold the Secretaryship of Land and Works together with the Provincial Secretaryship. The Superintendent will call the Counci l together upon an early date.

Christchurch Mutual Impbovemrnt Association,— The members of the above l-v-cSfy —'of tne Durham r street TVeileyan Church. In the absence of the president (Rev. A. R. Fitchett), Mr Connell was. voted to the chair. • Candidates for membership were nominated, whose election will take place at the next weekly meeting, and Messrs Maleolm and Joseph' Free were admitted members of the. Association. It unfortn uateiy happened that the choir of the church was practising in the gallery Overhead, and on this account it was thought advisable to adjourn the debate on the question of the evening; and, a, motion to .that eff et was proposed, and after a slight discussion thereon, adopted. The subject to have been filscnssed was “ The lawfulness or othervrise of the accumulation of wealth,” which Mr Mannings had engaged to introduce. After the- meeting, several members remained in tbe.room to take advantage of the great numbervand variety of ’English periodicals with which' the tables were covered. Tbe committee appointed to make Arrangements 'for > <he proposed .enteriaiomenta also met, and disposed of several preliminary mat ters in connection’ with the .first of the series, which we understand will take place early in May. We trust these entertainments will the successful, as the proceeds are intended to he applied to the fund for the : purchase of a ’ select, library of reference ’ adapted to the wants of the Association.

Compensation Claim's;— Aft r the transaction of the business at the Kaiapoi Beai dent Magistrate’s ‘ 1 onrt .to-morrow, the. .{Resident Magistrate will pay the undermentioned awards for cattle that were destroyed dh the Native reserve at Wtfodend while the northern portion of the province was proclaimed as being infected with pleuro pneumonia. The total amount of claims a 'erred against the Government at the ous sittings of the Court was £3277 12s Bd. The claims have been carefully considered by his Worship, and should they ful to satisfy , the sev ral claimants, hs they undoubtedly will, it must be remembered .that' he bad only the balance of the vote passed at tie last session of the Provincial Council to work upon, and apportion the claims accordingly. Hadth re been snffi . cient funds' at the disposal of Mr, Mellish, to pay all the claims made it ns not likely that they would have been paid in fall, as several of the applicants, and notably . the Maoris, appeared to, be working apod a system of magnifying their losses, with, a view to at least receiving the actual amount. With a view to showing.the great discrepancy between the claims and awards, we give both, with the names of the applicants :hGeorge Peter (Maori), claim £t6 award £5 ; .Mu, claim £l3, award £8 lOsj ’Pita te Hori, claicn.£ss, disallowed S Habakuk. claim i 90, award £26; Na Pohipi, claim £32,award £lil; John Uru, claim £37, award £8 ids: Mark, claim £BO 10s, award £l2 15a; Te Hema, claim £22 10s, award £8 16s ; l ari Wi claim £33 10s, award £11; Henare .Pareta, claim £BO, award £l3 15a; Manahi, claim £7O, award £10; W, Brough, claim £39 6s, award £l9 I3s ; R. R. Hick*, claim £96 10a, award .£6 ss; Charles Meng, claim £ 18, award £8 108; R. J. Hicks, award £3; W. Moody, claim £9B ss, award £2B 7s 6d ; J. Morris, claim £32 15s, award £6 15a; D. O’Brien, claim £95 Kts, award £l7 16a j W. Nprrie.daim £l9, award £1 10s ; J. Staiinton, claim- £2O, award £4 10s ; Q. - Gibbs, claim £6 », award £lO 10s; A. Weir,‘ clatm £B4, award £l4 6s 6d; A, Kynock, claim £4OB 3s; disallowed ; J. Coleman, claim £l2 15s, disallowed ; VV. Millig m, claim £-13, award lbs; R. Atkinson, claim £ll 10s, awai d£3 ss; J C Rickers, claim £l4 1’ s, award £4 17s 6d; J Lilly, claim £l7, award £3 10s; T. Sharplin, claim £33, award £9; A. Baxter, cl im £43, "ward £lO IQs ; A. Silk, claim £27; award £6; H. Thompson, claim £3l 28 8(1, award £8 Is 4d; T. Harrison, eiaim- £i67, award £ls 10s ; H Hinge, claim £UtOO for general-damage to the r«ro; : of which be was the leasee,' £34 I6s 6d Vl* Cox, claim £25. disallowed. ' The total.amount of awards is £330 <sa 4d, or i aearly one-teatb of the gross claims.

Dkawinq Boom KKJMTAiwirtNT. —Mr Hoskins and MisiColtUle gave a farewell entertainment in H theVlGolonists’ Hall on Friday evening. There was a capital house, tbs Halls being orovfded. The programme comprised'ithe “Minting Call,*’ “School for Scandal,” a recitation " Msrj Queen of Sootsr labd the.,;fa*ch of “ A Silent Wompn.!?!jij In ..tho .ltat piece they were ably riasistea hy p'gentleman amateur, well known in tfie toWn. The performance gaye universal satisfaction, and at the close they were rewarded with prplbnged applause. They left by the steamer Taranaki for Auckland. —Welearn,-however,that it is their detention to pay Canterbury another visit. ’