TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5587, 21 January 1879, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Tick Otto Gas Engine.—Elsewhere v,'.. be found particulars of the new Otto gmengine, an admirable specimen of which l:m Just been erected for MrLeggatt, Victoiu street, for use in hij business of corn factor. Pkdkstkianism.—A flat race, distance lod rrds, for £5 aside, between E. Forward and Murphy, came off in the Temuka park c:; Saturday last, and resulted in a victory for the latter, who beat his opponent by about *’'> ■ feet. Timaru Roman- Catholic Church.— Bishop Redwood preached in this church cn Sunday last at 11 o'clock. The Church was crowded. A collection was made tci the establishment of a Catholic school c Timoru, and £1636 was subscribed in !"t----building. This added to a site for the scluvl value £650, which had been presented by t i ; < Rev Father Chataigner, made a total d £2286. At the evening service the Bishop administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to S 3 candidates, and delivered an eloquor.i and impressive address. Cricket.—A match between the Sunnysid l and Sydenham Clubs was played on the ground of the latter on Saturday last, result" mg in a victory for the visitors by 79 runs. The scores were—Sydenham, 47; Sunnvshh'' 126. Whitley 11, H. Pago 29, T. H. Smith 18, C. Seager 22, were the principal scorers for the winning team, while Nesbitt with U was the only ono who got into double fig ,nr ' for the other side. The Sunnyside Club wii try conclusions on their ground with the Cusf Club on Thursday on the arrival of the cav> train. Arrest,— -Two men wore arrested in Chn’ f ■ ' church yesterday, by Sergeant Morioe, upc--the charge of having stolon a gold wa'il’valued at £4O, the property of Mr Grant Reed, a storekeeper residing at M ;ll ‘ kouaiti, in the Otago district. Mr Reed ln on Sunday, when ho lost ' :r watch. Suspicion attached itself to two ”< named George Skaites, and John Sieving s, > th#y were traced to Mr Stewart’s pawnshop, where they offered the watch in pawn, ■■m were arrested. They will be brought up at 1 Police Court this morning.

_-|ho trial of Henderson Svr>:' : ' ,ia "."Voi.r Hoard was resumed T the >••!■=■;[ .defendant’s case was veder-h'.'■ witnesses examined. The ‘*Tf Sic-n t! t ; Vn-tP to finish the trial to.iav . {SV CI.OTIIIEKS’ riOXIT. A llu.U'i. committee appointed for n tef” :; Drapers’ and Clot tiers lieearr'i' - 1 ;■ ,j u , Commercial Hotel last ric "- 1 - 1,1 i, decided to abandon the idea e Vl ' : ;: ■' .V armor’s Bar, and to epend eff-’f Halswell. The pientCj «!»’ V : ,h e on J*n 28, the partv going b, is «>: ,S„ are to start from Oie Market Vf'lsh'* ls1 ’ ’ 1 l 'k pj.„v ;l! g'_Xhe special meeting of the F Il;F 11 -■ ti e Fire Police convened for last w n. ! ‘ r ' l ’ l j f OP Mantof a quorum. Captain .hat it would be necessary to M fVwVeeting to elect an officer in his t* l !,.« !. about to leave the Colony for pl* v ’ i„ "Afterwards the officer* would r:’ Vho* Cat tain, and at the meeting winch e ' lV ' i i'sve to be called the roll would have woaw j to I ■’ v LtVe regret to hare to record / ' { Mr 11. Jl. Moor, lately on the ,h V ! ‘i“‘ evening paper in this city, and tew fta ‘‘ '.’V vrneete'd with the .Vw Zealander ; i\r.h Tim**. Mr Moor wu liked and greatly respected by those him intimately, and hi* loss will *•’?, .I'l'O’ventiMe gap in the rank* of New 7 S "-i journalists. Ibe immediate cause of fever. 0 D Pioxbkh Lome.— The members Order met last night at their Lodge--0;T Wellington Hotel, Tuam street j there r vt’i fair attendance, Bro. Bose profie usual routine business being ,1 J the new pass-word was given to P-Vnwnlbe*. Sevend candidate* were) thn Vv«d ter membership A rote of tbanfa U corded by the Lodge to Bro. W. npon his retiring from the office of T I pfr After the usual harmony the el-wed in due form at 10 p.m. luspors Boa bus. —The annual meeting of the Lyttelton Harbour Board, ‘ ' 0 f which appears in another column, « held yesterday in Bellamy’s. A large .- one: of business was transacted, and Uio eve~nits of accounts were disposed of. The e-c r: ". embers of the Board cease to bold 05.-cVFeb.lO. The annual meeting of the i r-V-ti Board was also held yesterday, a full of which will be found in another

' Fiis' it the Ohoka.— On Sunday night j;. j S. WJiii-e* had a fine stack of hay totally turned b* fire. The stack was the produce V 55 arret.'and is » Terr serious loss, more as considering' the dry season, hay r v f tV.-t scarce. Mr White thinks it was

.-.T ac! of an incendiary, and has put the in the bands of the police, who, we ■ hare got a clue to the offender. We bVliere Mr White intends offering a KTard of £oo for the apprehension of the

"l>- Uxrsr.u. Peosecttiox, About a fortnight since two men (the first and second city ' deserted from the United State* bar ;e Willard Mudgett, then lying in Lyttei:or. A large reward was offered for their apprehension/but nothing was heard of them uitil S&turdsv. when they were arrested in Lyttelton. haring apparently come out of tiding. The baroue had in the meantime ssHw, but it was determined to prosecute the men notwithstanding the absence of tl« car-tain, and it is understood that the Ameri* can Consul will use his best endeavours to siri-t tie police in securing a conviction. The case is to be heard in Lyttelton this morning. Fa:ai Afct: ENT. — A man supposed to be a cook belonging to a surveyor’s camp on the tort:, hank of tile Kakaia, left the township or Itrsiback to cross the river a few minutes heicre sere- o'clock on Saturday evening. On arriring at tie bridge, the keeper would not shew to go across, as the train from Christol-rd was expected to reach the bridge before tie i att could have had time to get sera*. Tie naan then attempted to ford the river, aid las not been seen since. The horse citne

on the earth basic, and ni esugit by tie bridge-keeper's boy on tbat hie. A (earth party turned out yesterday, bnt with cu itruit, end it is supposed the iodr has been washed a long way dowu tt* rite:. Trie mans name has not yet been aso-e rained.

A Tbb:li3v& Occtheesce— ln another column will found a deeply interesting aceoun- of the extraordinary escape from destruction by fire of tne >*ew Zealand Shipping I Company's vessel the Pinko, on her voyage from Plymouth to Lyttelton. We are indebted for our graphic account to the courtesy of Mr Stiwyn Smith, the Shipping Com- i pany’s General Manager. There can be no 1 doubt teat the lives of the 2SS emigrants and i of tne crew were saved by the splendid coolness and steady courage displayed by Captain ; Boyd under most appalling circumstances. It ■win oe seen t.uat the Piako, after having been scattiei in the Pernambuco roads, was suceeatuity raised, and according to latest advices was again on .her way to Lyttelton, where sne is expected to arrive from Feb. 10 to Fen. 15. It may well be imagined that tne eminent services Captain Bovd has renaered w:J not be lost sight of. A Bo.* way. — A t about two o’clock yesiertiy afternoon a horse and spring cart, otionaing to Mr Joseph Brown, coach ouj.atr, Last Belt, were left standing by the ru.-f-x goods shed on the South Belt. Three • J -' Brown s children, two boys and a girl, were :a the c-art. The-horse, from seme rat-sit-,;ned reu.-on, started off, and soon after pisueg through the railway gate, one of the l ‘'V ,J * l^e cart i escaping, however, a slight scratch. The horse continued runm-g along the South Belt, turning into Biriaioes street, and when opposite the ttunnin Catholic Church the axle of the cart crone

•Al this juncture the animal was bj some men who were working close i tut two children were taken from the

tir * u'jf.ju«d. From subsequent inquiry it eriau.ed that the driver ni in the act j' y-'-'u-g. some goods into the cart when the T r" m jumping from the plati ",' : J fc£ * a * aTour t« catch hold of the reins, , 1 ■'“> spraining bis arm badly. No blame s ‘PF».* , .-.o*iT could be attributed to any one. F - v a to k toe Stacking Steaw. , “ e ' sr * Luiton Bros., of Bongiora, hare Aio an addition made to their straw elevator, as straw is very scarce, and the nccessitv of tarefully stacking it is greater this year will render it a useful adjunct to l^ e machine. The elevator is built or ‘ -,i ; - e el», and is so constructed that when work it can be folded up and drawn "W-g the road by one horse without having ■ ;e '-" u -' : 'brous appearance that an ordinary e.eTator has. W 1 ien taken to the place at it i* required to be set, the elevators ** v r f wn U F rr eaIJS of ropes and a pulley, gummed by a horizontal bar, and by means of a wjm puii C j. n j a then unfolded and raised to ny ,eight required up to 2t feet, which is ue limit to which it will extend. The advantage of it reaching to this height is at ,j ce apparent, and as the machine is comparatively inexpensive and does not occupy rnuch space when not at work, it will be seen . , many advantages, Messrs Boyd l Frir constructed the elevator under r ‘iirudions from the above-mentioned firm. AliiATE.—Our correspondent writes: — csiness is rather quiet in this township at p re ' ect . but we have prospects of an abundant wtfn fet i a , no doubt when it is over things •m, v’ JU *j again. Matters political don’t i 6 U 8 ver y raoch. Mr Buckingham witbJi i r l j ant lidature for Gladstone, and Mr iZ'? o ll t dh ? lme b** had a walk-over. The Tue»fU (dloo Ln^ omm *. tteo Feld a meeting on ix.rt, ri . , e rect *P t « lor the year were reInrl L? b, e 19s 2d, and the expend!their ,■/ ,u 9 8 7 having a balance of 4a6d to C' l.iii itt It- 116 meeting a new Kadi,.* vt .t e , wd H c A boy named w ith j nv- t ‘ ! i ir g ed at the Magistrate’s Court a W<a« thai I w and ered abroad to beg.” It drew uu .i P ttren ** were tick, and they raitc ujo-n v i llO . I ',’ and r 6( ’ nt }, im round to that be eorG “I 1 ”*, P ie Magistrate said same as cbild™lr> e< r , | ie ailwas on b’ doing the ( abt.criniio„, r c w *‘° went about begging 'Fey fe e \ uy 6 -l,eol treats, anS dinned tifj l ; al!y c . ul l'able. lie therefore Fad three of t.u A luaH llaUi( -d Lee has at OD9 Of thetawmuu* CUI ° ff un ttuc *dcnt

Captain Datis’ Lkttrb.—Captain Davis, of the barque John Knox, lias asked up to correct a mistake ho mane in his letter published on Saturday. Ho save, “ I was told he would not bo finished discharging till noon on Saturday." Captain Davis states that ho meant to write " noon on Monday.” Ma Vahlrt’s Lecture,—Last night Mr Varlev pro his promised lecture upon “Billy Bray" to a densely crowded audience at the Oddfellows’ Hall. The lecture revealed the capabilities of tho lecturer, as well as the remarkably humorous character of tho wonderful man whoso triumphant faith in God was the theme of tho discourse. Tho audience listened with wrapt attention for an hour and a half to tho story of the Cornish miner and preacher’s life, and were alternately convulsed with laughter and stirred wit h deepest emotion at the recital of the eccentricities and godly simplicity of tho man, the lessons of whose life the lecturer eloquently pourtrayed. At tho conclusion of tke lecture tho Kov E. Walker proposed a vote of thanks to tho lecturer, which was seconded by tho Hev Chas. Dallas ton and cirried by acclamation. Mr Varloy’s farewell address will bo given in the Oddfellows’ Hall to-night, at half-past 7 o’clock.

A meeting will be held in the Kowai Pats Schoolroom at “ p.m. on Jen. 30, to discuss the question of reviving races in the district. The eighth annual general meeting of alums holder* in the Permanent Investment and Loan Association of Canterbury will be hold in Mr C. Clark's auction room* cm Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m.

A Mistaken* Subscriber,— The Otago Daily 2Vmes has been in trouble with one of it* subscribers. It says:—A correspondent complains of our putting in the advertisement of a marriage as Dec. 10 instead of Jan. 10, and by the way of making himself clear says “ It should here been on the 10th ult., of the prettnt month." This “ 10th ult.” was the way in which the advertisement was originally received, and it was inserted accordingly, and now our correspondent says the mistake lies with us. Perhaps he will ask the nearest schoolmaster what “ ult.” means. Suuoguno Precious Storks.—The Customs officials at Chicago made a valuable seizure the other day, in the shape of a package containing 923 precious stones, consigned from Ceylon to Keokuk, lowa. Among the gems were moonstones, water sapphires, opals, emeralds,' white sapphires, rubies, garnets, blue sapphires, and a quantity of beautiful topaz, besides a valuable gem known as “Madras oat's-eyes,” and about a dozen starstones, said to have never been seen before in America. This seizure, it is expected, may prove an important clue to an extensive illicit traffic between India and the United States. The late famine in Hindostan has forced thousands of the peasants to dispose of precious stones, treasured in their familes for centuries; and the chance thus afforded to obtain from the starving people gems at prices far below their intrinsic value has possibly been taken advantage of by speculators. Marriages between Jews and Christians. —“ Atlas ”in the World says: Miss Maggie de Rothschild is preparing to turn I Christian with a view to her marriage to the Duo de Quiche. The budding duchess receives regular religious instruction from a Roman Catholic Pnest at Frankfort. The De Qrammonts I believe are very strict Catholics ; and little as they objected to the young lady’s money-bags, they did very much indeed—almost to the extent of forbidding the banns; and a French parent can forbid the banns in a most efficient manner to her religion. The more orthodox Jews are, lam told, very angry about the affair; and adding up the many Christian marriages made by members of the great financial house, declare they are undeserving to belong to “the nation any more.” It is indeed evident that, if Jews and Christians keep on intermarrying, the latter, as the more numerous, will in time absorb the former. That is one way of getting rid of the Jews certainly, but one which will take time. ThkColoxiai. Servant Girl—Another story of distress comes from Dunedin, which is vouched for by the local Star :— In reply to an advertisement for a servant of all work by a lady a brusque likely-looking maid presented herself, when the following colloquy took place. Lady: Can you cookP Maid: Oh. — T "»»■* nr i ?f fT ’ - but lam not great at pastry. Wherever! go I expect the mistress to do that. I hope yon are good at that, for I like well made pastry. Lady: Oh! indeed. Maid (looking round) : I think I like this place; I think I'll stop here. Lady: I trust you will allow me to have a word on that point. You will not suit me. Maid: Oh, yes I shall—l’m sure you’ll like me when you know me better. Lady: No, you need not wait longer. I shall not engage you. Maid (keeping her seat): But I’m sure you’ll like me. Lady (silent) : Maid (after a long silence) : Well, I’ve changed my mind : I don’t think I shall like you. Good morning. (Exit maid.) Affairs in Peru.—The following is an extract from a private letter from Callao, dated Nov. 19, and received by the last mail, which has been placed at our disposal:—We have just had a terrible tragedy in Lima. Manuel Pardo (Ex-President), President of the Senate, was shot by the sergeant of the guard at the entrance of the Chamber on the 16th instant (November, 1S78). He was going in to open the session, and the guard had presented arms as usual Pardo was entering a passage when the sergeant shot him from behind, causing death within an hour. Tiim> is in a fearful state of excitement, as this is said to be only part of a plot for a revolution on a grand scale, specially directed against the rich classes, of which Pardo was one of the principal members. He was undoubtedly the most talented public man in Peru of his time, but I am afraid he was like most of them, not over particular about keeping his hands clean in financial matters, and unscrupulous about the means he employed for gaming and retaining power. His remains are lying in state now in tne Church of Santo Domingo, and on Thursday will bo buried with aQ the honours of a President, Congressmen are out of their wits with fright, as they are afraid of a general rising. The President is an undecided fool, and the Cabinet generally have no prestige. Martial law has been proclaimed, any number of people have been arrested, and nobody knows where the panic is going to end or the revolution commence. |