TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 5226, 19 November 1877, Page 2

TOWN & COUNTRY.

VtTiKlixow.—-A public meeting was held at Mr Harris’, Railway Hotel, on Thursday evening, Nov. 16, for the purpose of forming a Sports* Committee. Although there wal not a large attendance, a satisfactory amount of business wa* gone through, and subscriptions to the amount of £9 2s 9d were joollreted in the room. It woe arranged, that the sports should be held on Now Seat’# Day* ! ... Inquest.— An‘ inquest was held at the Hospital at 2 o’clock on Satarri»ywernoon, before Dr Coward, Coroner, upon the body Of Martha Jones, altar Brown, who had died suddenlyou, Friday morning, a* reportedia ourSfiturday's issue. Evidence was glren'to prow that death had resulted iron) disease of. the lunge,' DrNedwill bad made itfca poit mortem examination, and hl» evldeiio» Woa to this effect. The jury returned’» T&dtet of “DMlbiioaisialtiraloaasa*. 4 * '

Thb Matomal ELaorroxs. —Only two eandidatss have at present besn nominated for the post of Mayor, vis., Mr Jamas Gaps*, proposed bjyb WUliai^.Mixmdsd. by Mr TrenH|md |u Henry TboWfan apf posed by Mr ißorgroiould, seeon jpjby W schoolroom, at eight o’clock this evening, and as very important business will be submitted, a full attendance is desired. ~'EiridioaA*”HoaTnjtrETtr*ATf SooraTv;—

Deo. 6, There was a very, full attendance of mFmbeifs'. Jddgti'lVßl , g’*pt> 3 l tt * ed ' M,oir ‘‘ bo l h ’ olasaes, arid deputed to make complete altthe fittingr in the hall. The Gommittee then adjcljirited/) g A.J -gl !■ Aooipain: lN, A Ppai. -r* An n aoo;dent bap psned in Port 'on-fiatufday to a boy named Httlbarti;, Ho Ml; It ipptar*?fWMh-betoF th? hllUide on to the rook. by Mes.r. Lollitt arid Cto.’s sfip along the Dairipiir’s 'Bby raid,' sustaining a fraoture-of -both bones of the left oMled' ; toiot'lh«b|<> i f n torily. .u .1 j Alaem ON, FlEßi—Shortly before se^en the bell at Chester street immediately following, .. The , engines:frpre ; instantly, placed jin 'reodiries*/ ibrifi' , been disoovored that the, only cause. for the alarm wae that the ohimney of a house in Art for *' short 'time.'"' i

~ A/FEEAiipE NITUBi.—A very remarkable MrOcorgeGeddei of this oity. It was laid on Saturday morning by one of his barndoor fowls, and the 2 peculiarity: ill thatMoufside '|f the ordinary : hard shell there is a soft surrounding, about en eighth of an inch (hiok, so that it presents the appearance of .what is generally known asa "soft egg 1 .” it-'is very largo—about the size of a goose’s egg. - Abtbsiah Wblit—There have been many complainte of late from the inhabitant! of Armagh street'west-on the, great sovoity of. water obtainable iri that street from the artesian springs, and application has re* psatedly been made.to.theCity Council to.see if nothing could be d one iri jibe matter. That body have now employed Mr Smith to sink a two inch pipe to 'the depth of a ocuplri of hundred feet, at the western end of ibis, ;st*obt;«nd wWi vide a supply sufficient for all the wants of the residents in the. vicinity. i Saeb OF 6toob:l—iltr B; Walton held a sale of stock on thtrestate of Mr W. A. Gray, at Templeton, op, .Friday last. There wm a large attendance, isrid very satisfactory prices were .obtained, as will be seen from |the folio WingliSt’- bid, £3B ;oh m, £43; bay mere, 4yw old, £2B ; bk g, 4 yrs, £2l}-bay mare, 7 yrs, £26; hr mare, 8 yrs old, £l4los joh hook, 7 yrs old,. £l7/10*; jfWring £l4;, rentiro, £l?. ‘Cows fetched'frorii lOgs to £l7 mi, and yearlings fronr fishto: £3 ;10s. Sheep also fetched excellent prices, vis., wethers 14i 6d each, koggetts lie 3d, while over 1000 ?wes were sold at ISsTOd each. -

SSOtAMRAp!' and calisthenics, the Education Board having undertaken to pay thetravelling expenies of teacher*. There i* every indication that thoee thoroughly complete, good result* may be iookodlor.-Ib doe# notappear,to bogenerally known that Mr Walker is also arranging, classes for the general public. The value- of efficient gymcaitio tHMng can eoaroeiy-.be; over-estimated, and it may be hoped that many yqung- people will avjsil themselves of the opportunity afforded them at the present time. Gaiety Theatbb.—'" Nicholas Niokleby ’’ was produced . at- the ..Gaiety Theatre on Saturday evening,' to a fair audience. ;Tbe piece was,,on the .whole. Successful, althbugh lt ; womd- tmdonbledly*bd improved::by a few additional rehearsals. The obaraoters upon which the' audiedoo evidently concentrated their attention, were those of Squeers, Spike, and Newman Nogge. ; Theflrsi : mentioned was undqrtgjkin,Hearing, . who gave a good representation of the brutal pro* prietor of Dothaboy’s Hall. The part of Bmike was exceedingly well played by Urs .Hall, with much?,pathos, and recalls she received were thoroughly hearty. Ur Hall, too, as Newman Nogge, was highly successful! A word of praise should be given to Ur O’Brien,. who,, a* Nicholas Niokleby, fairly brought down the house by the amount of spirit he imparted intOp thgifohoolroom scene, wherein he administers a flogging to bis employer. The programme for this evening will include Byron’s comedy of "Old Soldiers,” and H.H.S.Spitfire." LBBBioK OafSii!t r DiiUB.—A meeting of the (Jommitoe Heston oa Nov. 15 j preientrkMfiirs A. Lee, H. |foi&i,;H. J. Watts, H. , Corbett.. T W. GK Lunn, and CK Tremaine." Correspondence was read in refer* enoetomftbb^ o #ith c -theSnhny»idiiod South Bakaia Olubtj built was,, stated that no arrangementhad J et been come to. A letter ws* reed L ftomSthfrßibretary of the match. The Srowary.Wd iMplied tbat they oonld nob play tbienWiWb. butwould bi quite predated toplayj»m»toh.iia»lyin December. L fc -° ba played on the Lees ton ground, anq the Beoretory was instructed to arrange a match with :day;.'i-; MrgEH |Ma S msn-; hdroftheOlabJ enihof*;, ; W jid'tc paiephtoe <ff hdiseof toe,, best quality for the pttrptoe ,*at^g ; toe gjpnndjf wetingiihmt sliiemn j '■ > at Boon Hay on Friday laetiby kind permission of the Hon Earnest Qrsy, proved, a* ws* anticipated, a snoit BnJoyable qffair. The , party numbered about 60 student! an d teaohers. with a few friends, and butfpr rail■Pff"diffl(on|tl?»» this number wonld^hate been largely h l ' at first proposed to go to Gdvernot’sßay, but this idea wap aftejtfardi abandoned, and it would oertainlybaYebwndiffionlt to have foudd any. spot combining ip itself the necessary qualification for thOithorough enjoyment off a plenty, In, a than Hoom Hay. There were paddock* to play in, well shaded bytree*, bills tdolimb, bush to explofo and withal r a good "supply of the water, so important m expsdßions of this kind—and what more oonld be desired P Plenty of .amuseatynte had bsen provided, and were enthusiastically entered into; mirth and good humour were the order of the day. A noticeable feature of this picnic was the utter absence of that''.oliquslsm”’which toq often mars the loooetp, of sn<|h expedition*. Everybody knew'everybody else, and- all the members , were ed rappoyt with each other. Mr Poole was the caterer, and earned great credit by hi* exertions, Nothing better qoald have been desired. Mr Hayward’s ’bosses were the obojen mesns of conveyance, and the journey to and from Bfoon Hay wm moetptyasaotly accomplished. . The oily diawback to the day’s pleasure was that the Lyttelton contingent just mi'xd the tyto Inin, and had to remain in tow| all ni|hfe. ’ But it Is certain that evm those who missed the train, would have beon muob aorrierto have missed the piooi9„ The »aeces* of the affair was so pro nouneed that such an oxiosiion is!not unlikely to become an annual institution, a* the . Principal I* known to enter no lee! heartily into toe outdoor enjoyment# of Id* student* than -into■ thslf intellectusl pursuits. Undoubtedly outings of this bind have a very dlrrot bearing ppon the actual work of auto an institution. ;Wemre very glad I® be able to record ed uaqasliflrd • s»0(?e»», r#9#ot>n| as itdoei great oredltoison the Committee of and Wetyoo, aril the Mites* PewyJXaekett,

Finish or Opawa.—A ohuroh fslbtriai will beheld in the dUUlet schoolroom,tomorrow table at six o’olook. >|Zhe pniidid ovef by ladles of tie there will be a readings and B'iMfiiltiMM|s base heretofore •ssm|ift.|hie'pa(ißh, and a large i i»jMeted'!|on the present AiKinlPasri Matson and Co. »f |*nd at .(heir mart, Cashel Way afteroobn—the land being back of Mr airman's, Papanai. a» w*gßu«» ia sections ofane acre each, and realuwHsl per »eation,...Tnree acres near the s»met;plaoer'bel»nglnf - to~Mr ■ O,—Lipebaay ,together with the four-roomed honte thereon, ,;WSS. iiif*t itOs but Was withdrawn at £IGO. They are, however, Still Dbad .IteugYrrTheM.ibaTp lately been j a large number of dead dogs floating about In the riTeV AToh, much-to the aonoyanoe of the offloial* whose, diiiy it is. to take them out of the water and bury them. It need scarcely be said:that if allowed to remain m the rifor !in such weather os this!, they, would soon become most offen'iivk '. to by-law. No. 12 of the OityftOounoilj! qliuse 21, perions odn., , Tioti»4 of putting' dead bodies into the river aire lilble to a penalty pot exceeding £5, 'arid not ,!«»• . tban POs. } W»- may state that ;iri oases of the' Odimoil wiU'prese for the heaviest pehftliyl < ; : : ' i Italian OtbhA 06mpant —Our readers are reminded that the subscription lists for, theforthobmingoperatic soaeon opon today.. The plsns'<pay, be seeh at .Mr Biinz's music ’ shop in B igh street. We have not hitherto mentioned .the iames bf any‘of the of the Company ; ami those of the leading singers may how fae giTeh. The ps tMo donna* are Signoras Quadagnini and Yita, and the ; opn* trulto. SigrioraTenosta. The principal tenors ore Bigacrs Paladioi and Camera; baritone; Signor Qambetti; Signors Oasari and .Piths;; and basio buffof f-ignoc ;M, LeoD Oarrpn. a violinist’of repatatioD. BctS as oondactor, and ItfLt Harooarfc Lee as pianist. Bjria Match.— Thebring of the Christchurch' team in bonneotion. with the match be ween the Ohrutoharoh and Dunedin City Qaardß ) t6ok plttoe early bn Saturday morning, at the ranges at Hillsborough. Ic will be I remembered that the pond it ions of the match were fthat ftbete -shodld' be ten.men on.eit.bor side, hnd'that eaqh competitor should fire fiveshotsiat esohof tbe following .ranges-—200,400, 500, and OOOyardsf standing at the first njen-' tioned distahoß. hnd takiog any position at tbe others.: The iOhristohuroh men msy be dongratulafed upon their since their total' sdore waS 'Sl'd points, while from the accounts whioh heve pppeared in oar Dunedin contemporaries, it Appears .that the oppbsin;; team, who fired a week ago, attained a total of only 419. The Ohristohuroh men thus win the thousand rounds of thd prize competed fer, by 95 points. Masonic LoDQs. oß' Paoaßßss, Southbeidgh.—The installation of firoß. T. Webb, S.W.,as Master of : the. abovo Lodge, took place on Friday evening last, a large number of the draft being present. The ceremony was duly, performed, byr Dro Charlas • Wellington Bißhopi P.D.D.0.M., who came up from Cbri(toharohffor t thcoooasion, assisted by Bro K. B. Wiliis,--P.ii , and Bro T. B. Bnsh. the retiring W.M. The installation of the other offioem; of : the lodge was then proceeded with/ asj followsßro B Webster, S.W-Bro- J. i Lewis,'J:W : ; Bro J. Ashley, S.D-; Bro H.! Clark, J D.; j Bro Woodbury, J.G.; BrO ; Waabhojfy Treasurer. . The presentation of a P.ii/i fewel.was then made by Bro* Willis in arfew appropriate word? to Bro ; Bush' on bebalf of the members of the Lodge of Progreßi. previous to bis leaviDg New Z jaland to return to the did country, and was responded to in feeling terms by: B?o Bneh. j. Tbe jewel ia a scroll, with square and pendantattaohed, and illustrates the 47th 'Problem of: the'First Book of Eoolid. The ihsbrlption on the above reads—“ Presented to BfoT.lC. Bash, of. Progress, 1651, by the Brethren of the Lodge, on bis vacating the chair and-hi* departure from New Zealand. Southbridge, Canterbury, Nov 16, 1877.” On the Looge being closed a banquet was held in Bro Spring’s Hotel, who catered in a magnificent-manner for tbe oooa eion. The chair woe occupied by Bro Bishop,, and the vice-chairs by Bros B Webster and J.. Lewi?.' The usual; loyal and Masonic toastd were given, and' Wore succeeded by others, which were duly responded to. The health and prosperity of the departing member was then cordially drunk, and after a few capital songs from some of the brethren present the company broke up at an early hour. ■ The:: Missing Salmon ; Ota.—As the telegram from Wellington respecting the salmon ova te calculated to mislead the public, Mr Farr, the Secretary of the Acclimatisation Society, has requested that the following particulars of tbe affair should be published-Having heard that the Wanaks was to bring the salmon , ova south, Mr Farr telegaaphed to ask if there was any on beard for Canterbury, and received a reply to the . effect tliat these was none; except for Dunedin and Invercargill, He then wired to Dr Hector informing him of the answer he had reoeived. In the ovening of the same day day Maotell telefirspbed to Mr Farr that tbe dvp for Napier, Wellington, Ohristoburch, and Invercargill would leave Auckland- that evening, arid subsequently another telegram was received from the same gentleman stating that Mr'Fun’s telegram had bsen referred to the Under Seonitary, who. had charge of the arrangement* tat distributing the ova. In reply,-this official stated that -H 14, No; 88; a 'box containing' 100,000 for Oauterbary forwardedto Lyttelton. On the foilowirig day Mr Farr received a telegram from the President *ioff the Auckland : Bation Society, stating that o<m* tainiog fio,opo tp* the Canterbury Society, apd asking to be,advised of their saff afrivol. .Wfieri this box Wml'bo, hgnd; MrSjprr triegraphed to, Wsliityitori to. know 'what bad ‘jjfcewvffii of 10O,dpd' pva' fbiph, according .to .the, been forwarded tp CiwterburL-bot N .tbl*. h*-h*d . not’yet received a reply., Mr Farr has now therefore sent (he ’telegrams and certain; newspaper clippings, showing that Canterbury ought to. have received 100,000 ova besides the 60000 from Au|k|and, to the Hon ;J. T. Peacock, wffoi vriil- no'; doubt bring the'whole matter nnder the ndliod rif the Qoveromenft, The 50,000 ova received from Anokland were, it may be explained, part of a oonsigriment ordered speoially for the Anokland and Canterbury Societies, andpaid for by them. It is tb be hoped that some explanation will be forthcoming with respect, to tho musing 100,000 ova.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the City Conn, oil will be held at 7 o'clock tuis evening. ; A special meeting of the members of'the Acclimatisation Society will takq place ia the gardens at 2.30 o'clock this of ternoCni

Tbe nomination of five members to serve on the Ht Somers Bead Board wiii be held on Haturday at noon, at the Boad Board office. The poll, it neoesgary, will take pi>we on the following Thursday. The Board of Education will hold a epooialmeetlug on Thursday, tri’. further consider the Loburn case. The half-yearly meetiog of theOanterbnry Jooloy Club will be held at Badoliffe’s Hotel on Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock.

QoiiD in Tabanaki —A late number of the Taranaki Serald aaya .—A telegram wa» received thia morning by a gentleman in town, atating that the greater part of £IOOO had been aabwribid at Oamara for the purpoie of protpeoting; Taranaki for gold, and that 25 eharea baa been re»erv*dforthU dmtriot. Six experienced digger* were toleave Oauiarn by the drat atoamor (or here, who will, op arriving, proceed to explore the whole cf the dUtriot.

, A Habty Pbebbstatioh —On Wednesday evening Signora VenoeU, one of the Italian 'Opera Company in Dunedin, had a bepeflt, at which a preiehtation waa tniMle to her.. Judg* int by the notice of the affajf in the local • Star it aeemt to hare been eoaroaly a anowi*. While the houae vaa ringing with applauae,” •aye that journal, " Signor Fare# oame on the •tage; the bearer of aomething or other which be handed to the Sigpora, but no one ouuld make out what ho did or laid. We preeuma that, it .wae intended ae a, complimentary recognition by the troupe of the bintftciuir»*a Uleotaandaia token pf friandehipj if ao, the audience might hare by aonaa mtaua Wm

A Sbkious Loss.—The Blenheim papers state that recently one of Bishop Redwood’s valuable carriage horses was staked at Boring.Greek. The pair have besn and wars considered the bastnßtMMEPiv. s Colony, costing £IBO. The MBs nhim M* lost was leftJkiuthe ito«|i Loss of »h| aVs| xamohs.—By tbellfn Inanmo low, ttatj Marlborough Samjmk. leMH wm. ; and prizes for tbe'He^ZM^^a^baoi)|MPf.|n ; • the Art Union of London %ere shippeo on* board the Avalanche Mid ooisequently were lost. We are unable to say what will be Jouehy-tbeOoonchmrrfsrsnoeto ths. loss, bat shall'probably hear by the next mall. Among the prizes lost was one valued at £l6O, > belonging to a gentleman at Wanganui. —lkwawFamiks pHoroaiUFHa^—Mr H- JWalter, who Jto Australia, baa sent from MelbooideA ierics of photograph* (copies ot those. distrihatedin;Melbonrri#), illustrating in A strikingly vivid manner the dreadful sufferipgs of tbeinhabitanta of the fanyoe strioken districits of India. They were taken from life; and oepied by Melbourne photographers for. free distribution. Our photographers may. "with credit follow the example of their brother artists in Melbourne. •—Otago Daily Timer. ? , Ihb Bibsbian Bail-stAst, Disastbb.—A London telegram in the Sydney'paper* gives the following somewhetlnUeri particulars of the dreadful * railway accident in Siberia:— " London, Oct 4.-rA,feariul.railsroy. disaster it’reported in a special message from St Petersburg. It appears that a i train bound for Siberia, with 1000 Turkish prisoners, left the rails in a steep port of'the line, and was smashed 1 to pieces. 400-prisoners were killed outright, and,hundreds badly wounded.” ThhQbbat BABT*air.—The’owners :p| tbi* steamship are oonsidering the expediency of converting their huge ship into a refrigerating chamber for the conveyance cf fresh meat from America to England.- The rapid development of this trade,c not only with the United States, but alto with Canada and Brazil,'will, it is thought, generally ensure the great vessel a full load. The aggregate importation, into theJports of the ; United Kingdom daring the first. three months only of the current year, "Mhi- 477,587 6wts, valued at £1,273,238,0f which the United States contributed tpree-foortbs.

OnsVibw op. Tubkish Wabb—The following is Voltaire’s views "of a TurkoBussiari warA hundred thousand mad animals, whose heads are covered with hats, advance to kill or bo killed by their fellow mortals covered ;with turbans. By this strange procedure'they want to know, whether a tract of land, to Which hone of them-has any claim, should belong to a certain, man whom they call the Saltan, or another whom they ■ call the Czar—neither of whom ever saw or elver . will see the spot so furiously contended for, and a very few of thosecreatofes who thus mutually butcher each othetf ever behold the animal for whom they- jcut' . each .other's throats.” . This hardly holds good of the present war. . ! Mbkoibb of thb Pope. The eorre- 1 ; spondent of a home paper writes;— ** Pius IX. ia approaching the completion of bis * Mepaoirs/ on which he hag been engaged for more than 40 years. In preparing this work, which is being executed on an elaborate scale, bis Holiness has had no aid except from Father Dresoiani, one of the most learned of the Jesuits. The Pope has now handed pver his autobiographical notesand accessory documents to Father Dresciahi/who is to put them in order for the press. Among the manuscripts to bp used in the preparation of the Memoirs is the correspondence of the Pope with Charles Albert, Xing Victor Emanuel, Napoleon 111., and the Count, de Oavour. By a special codicil to hie testament his Holiness orders that the Memoirs shall not be published until 10 years have elapsed after his ■death.” Putting thb Saddle on thb Wbono Hobsb.—Xhe South Australian Standard of Oct 6 tells the following amusing story:—A goad story has, reached. us. from a country district, the trnth of which we can vouch for. A rev gentleman whose knowledge of daisies,) logic, and divinity is far superior to his horsemanship, was recently returning from service in an outlying hamlet. Musing on the perils that beset a bachelor, be did hot notiea that his saddle, being very loosely girthed, was gradually shifting its position until it ap proaohed the spot where 11 the tail joins on the small of the back.” Eventually both the rev gentleman and saddle disappeared over the animal’s quarters and came to mother earth. The Boeinante, being accustomed to ils rider’s eccentricities, kindly spared his brains, though they lay within an easy distance of its beelir. The perplexing question then arose, “ What is to be done ? ” Our rev friend solved tbe difficulty after a fashion by shouldering the saddle, leading tbe horse, and walking by ite side for eight long miles. On being asked why be did not make the horse carry the saddle, his reply was: “,obdear, how stepid of me, I never once thought of it.” A Little Absent. —My Wellington correspondent informs me (says” Autoljous” in tbe Nelson Daily Pistes) that the cares of State do not prevent honourable members taking a fair share of recreation/ and to Counteract any ill effects arising from the unremitting and sedulous care that members display for their constituents’ interests—and thrir own—balls and parties are frequently given, and in every case well attended. My informant then continues thusly :—“ At one of these pleasant reunions the other evening, your representatives Were present, and one of them, who seemed much pre occupied and absent-minded, was asked to eing. He agreed, and asked the pianitte to play the prelude ,to 1 What will they say in Sogiand ?’ and the ■rrquest being complied w|fb, the singer astonished his auditors. by warbling the following!— - ■ • ,

■ ..... v. What will they »*y In Nelaon, . WhlsU theroth* »tory*» iold-* i How tbeir members sold their party, A»d in their tnnx got aol4— . Ot HrsrsdUeajitnoontide. j; . Kejoined etoseaol sun,-- .. ; Will they say *twaa done naselfishljr, : Will they *ay 'two* nobly done P j The langhteMhat greeted the singer at to* ‘conclusion of thii Tersaenabled him to realise the mistake'hf hswl vl mado,,and him to take a back leat for the rest of (be! even* ing." - i