TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 5012, 13 March 1877, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Appointment, —Mr J. A. Ambrose is appointed a clerk in the L:nd Transfer office at Christchurch.

Okaxn’s Bay Koad District.—A proclamation is gazetted bringing the Begulation of Local Elections Aot, 1876, info force in respect of all elective officers of the Okain’s Bay P >i.d Board.

Baoehorsbs. Mr Soabright’s steeplechaser Zetland, was despatched by the s.s. Wellington, for Dunedin, yesterday. Princess Mary and Stirabout wore also on board, having been shipped up north.

Altebation op Railway Regulations.— By Order in Council,dated March 6, thofollowing regulations for storage and delivery of goods at Lyttelton Railway Station are substituted for clause 43 of the by-laws and regulations fixed by Order in Council of Oct. 26,1875-Any goods, merchandise, or luggage forwarded for shipment which shall not be taken delivery of by tho consignee within five working hours after arrival in Lyttelton, and which shall not bo shipped within that time, may bo stored at tho risk of the consignees or owners (or may bo kept in tho railway waggons at the option of tho Railway Department) up to 18 working hours, for wbioh a distinct ohargo of two shillings per ton will bo made for storage and delivery to ship ; afterwards throeponoo per ton per week or fraction thereof will be charged for storogo for two weeks; after two weeks, sixpence per ton per week or fraction thereof: Provided thot delivery must bo taken at any time on demand after three weeks’ storage. Haulage and delivery from private stores to wharves, one shilling and sixpence per ton,

No. 3 UaiiDiNa and Laud 3ooibxt.— The usual monthly meeting is edfertiiod for this oroninff. North Oantrbbubx 1 Backs. A Committee meeting will be held at thoOlub Hotel, RaagiorA, tbit evening. Lboai,.—The long Vtoetion having come to an end, hit Honor the Judge will retame tittinge in Chamber* and Banco at II o’clock this morning. A Hit of tho butinoit tot down for hearing, will be found eltewhere. Univhbsity Fklt.owh,— Judge* Prcndorgait and Biohmond, JBithop Bedwood, tho Hon Tho*. Prater, Dt Hector, J. Macandrow, Kiq., and tho Bor D. Bruce, are gazetted followt of tho Univonitv of Now Zopt id, by Order in Oounoil dated March. 8.

R Air,way Emfloybb.— A correipondont write* an answer to the letter tigned " Monitor,’’ on tho tubject of railway employbn, which appeared in our inue of Saturday, from which it appears that our former correipondont hat not learnt »U the facts of tho cate, and therefore come to a wrong conclusion.

Bast OiinißTonuKon Main District School. —Wo omitted to mention in our notice of tho late proceedings at this school that Miss Bolton’s class contains nine pupil teachers who passed tho last examinations, Tho hood girl of tho class, Mist B. Callendar, was second on the list of third class teachers. Traffic in Colombo Street, —ln accordance with a request passed at the last meeting of the City Council, tho City Surveyor has caused the number of vehicles and horses that daily pass Morten's corner in Colombo street to bo noted. During four days of last week 7018 vehicles and 828 equestrians passed along that part of tho street. Presentation.— Last week, the children attending tho Bingsland district school presented Mr J. O. Sopp, on his resignation as master, with a silver teapot as a small token of the esteem in which he vras hold by them. Accompanying the present was an address signed by many of the children and friends, regretting bis departure from the district. Mr Sopp has been appointed schoolmaster at the Lyttelton Orphanage. The Telegraph Department. —Daring the last three months of the yeer 1876, the number of telegrams fo-trarded by the department was 279,319, being on increase of 26,992 on the same three months of the previous year. The revenue for that period was £16,288, being an increase of £990 over that received during tho last three months of 1875. The Government messages transmitted during the throe moaths of 1876 wore valued at £4259, or £328 more than those of the same period in 1875.

Little Bivbb. —Mr Nowell Phillips gave his lecture entertainment in the Government schoolroom on Friday evening last. The attendance was very good, and the principal illustrations of the lecturer's subject were extremely well received. Mr Phillips introduced Blockley'e pretty song " Floating away,” and, as an encore, gave “There’s bound to be a row.” Te Hira Mata, of the Native school, by kind permission of Mr Beeves, rendered effective assistance at the harmonium.

Certificated Teachers’ Association.— The monthly meeting of the Association was held on Saturday last, in the Durham street schoolroom. There was a good attendance of members ;Mr Beats) ! -a •nspeotor, wai also present. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and passed, the President (Bev J. Gumming) called upon Mr £. Watkins to read the paper on “Musio in Schools.” After explaining the different systems of teaching music at the present time, Mr Watkins gave a scheme that ho considered would be successful if employed in teaching musio in the public schools. A long discussion followed the reading of the paper, and a hearty vote of thanks, proposed by Mr Mitohell seconded by MrHiU, was accorded to Mr Watkins. Besxdbnt Magistrate’s Court.— This Court was densely crowded yesterday at the hearing of the ease against Pooley, the English cricketer, charged with assaulting Balph Donkin, and of a case in which Pooley and Bramhall were jointly charged with wilfully and maliciously damaging clothing valued at £36, and certain plans and tracings valned at £6O, the property of the aforesaid Balph Donkin, In the former case, Pooley was con■ vieted and fined £5 and costs, and in the latter the defendants were committed for trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court. The defendants were liberated on bail, each having to enter into his own recognizance of £2CD, and to find two sureties in £IOO eaoh. Messrs J. Hirst and W. Haddrell were sureties for Pooley, and Messrs J. Hirst and J. Oram Sheppard forßramhaU. Accident. —An accident happened at Kaiapoi yesterday to a little boy, five years of age, son of Mr Chapman, Ohoka. A trap and horse, owned by Mr Bollington, bolted from opposite Mr Bates' house, in Fuller street, and made its way over the swing-bridge during the regatta. There were about 200 people on the bridge at the time, and the horse galloped along furiously. A general stampede was made to get out of tho way, but the poor little lad above referred to got knocked over by the wheel of the trap which passed over one of bis feet and grazed his face. The lad was much shaken, and fears were entertained that he was seriously injured. He was taken to Or Hayes, who examined him and found that no bones were broken. He was afterwards taken homo, and, after the fright had passed off, was, comparatively speaking, uninjured.

Theatre Boyal, Messrs Baker and Farron, character and dialect actors, vocalists and dancers, made their first appearance in Christchurch, at the Theatre Boyal, last evening, in a piece called “ Conrad and Lizette.” This piece, evidently written for the sake of bringing Messrs Baker and Farron’e delineations of character, vocal efforts and dancing prominently forward, is somewhat of a melodramatic turn, but without those bite of rare humour to be found in good melodrama. Of coarse there is a desperate villain, who, assisted by smaller villains, is continually persecuting a lovely village maiden, but his machinations are os continually discovered and defeated by Conrad, and, in the end, virtue is victorious and vice overcome. This is mainly the plot of Conrad and Lizette. The part of Conrad was cleverly taken by Mr Baker, and Mr Farron's delineation of the female character of Lizette was deservedly applauded; his acting of the part of Tim Flaherty is not so much to be commended. The singing, and particularly the dancing of Messrs Baker and Farron, were loudly applauded. The remainder of the company well supported the principal performers.

Wkblkvan Bazaab. —A bazaar in aid of the-Wesleyan ohuroh building fund at Eaiapoi took place at Mr Mathews’ store yesterday. The building was not a very desirable one for the purpose, but the fact of its being adjacent to the winning post for the regatta contests, made the Committee prefer it to more commodious and better lighted rooms in the town. The result showed that they acted wisely ia this respect, for the great bulk of spectators at the regatta congregated id the vicinity of the building, and no doubt this tended materially to increase the business done at the bazaar. Certainly it was exceedingly well patronised, and the receipts must have been satisfactory to all concerned. The drapery and fancy goods were arranged on stalls on tho ground tloor, luncheon and general refreshments were provided in a room above ; and a quantity of live stock, including fowls, sheep, and calves were exhibited for solo outside the building. The drapery and fancy goods, which had been tastefully arranged, wore, for the most part, of a useful character, the purely ornamental being but slightly represented. No. 1 stall was in charge of Mesdames It. Coup and Kuetley, Misses Maddison and Pathby (2) ; No. 2, Mesdames J. Wilson, F. Baker, and R. Baker; No. 3, Mesdames Book, Looko, Burnham, and Miss Locke; No. 4, Mesdames J. W. Ellen, 11. Allen, and Pickering ; No, 6, Mesdames Blackwell and R. Evans; refreshments, Mrs B. Baker, Miss Wyatt, Messrs Brighting, Voysoy, Hassal, and Peters; lolly stall, Mesdames Butts and Todd, Misses Wyatt and Wright; live stock, Mr C. Haesal. All those wore most enorgetio in their endeavours to dispose of their wares, and were assisted by a number of friends, both inside and outside tho building. The bazaar remained open uutil 10 o’clock last night. The total proceeds was £lB4, The sale will be continued to-day.

Tiib Subz MAin.-The ott f w consisting ot eleven btg*—nine f H hu,o \rJ. s? .‘rJ3£7^ I ‘ZZT iLt.“d tSt; »»• route, will arrir* by the *.*. Blogwoom* thi» A general meeting of the ££*/ obovo Company wm convened for la*t evening, at the Commercial Hotel, but required number not being present. the meeting itandi adjourned until this evening. DkHTBPOTION OF TBBKB.-At yesterday • meeting of the City Council, Councillor lok drew the attention of member* to the fact that number* of tree* in Groomer square, ana alio in other part* of the City, that had been planted at considerable expanse* wore being wantonly injured. Councillor Hawke* wud ho hod noticed the *ame thing, not only in the place* mentioned by Councillor lok, but alio In the Acclimatisation Garden*, whore the tree planted by the Duke of Edinburgh bad boon wantonly injured. Ho doubt thia wilful destruction i* the work of some of our City larrikins, whose manner* might b* improved by castigation. Tub Dbainaoh Question. —The deputation appointed at the public meeting held in Mr Charles Clark’s rooms waited upon the Drainage Board yesterday, to receive an answer to the queations submitted by them to the Board. The Chairman stated that the Board would forward a written reply during the day. The reply will be found in our report of the proceedings; We may take this opportunity ot remarking that it ha* never been our lot to see worse accommodation provided for the Press than npon this occasion. The Board room was fully occupied by the members of the Board and the deputation, while the members of the Press were relegated to an inner room, near the door of which they sat, unable to hear one-third of what passed daring the discussion that ensued. Thb Univebsity Senate.— Regarding the proceedings of this body at Nelson, an Agency telegram of March 8, which was not forwarded to Christchurch, but is published in the Dunedin journals, runs as fellows: — The sitting of the University Senate yesterday lapsed for want of a quorum. There are seven vaornoies which the Government failed to fill up to-day. Vice-Chancellor Oarleton and Captain Heale have arrived. Mr M'Rae, of Auckland, will be present in the interest* of the Auckland College. The seesioc will commence at noon, and is likely to be stormy.