TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5590, 24 January 1879, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

St John’s Cntrscii, Ltttkltox.— The annual picnic of the scholars attending the Sunday School, in connection with St Johns Presbyterian Church,. was held yesterday at Rhodes’ Bay. The s.s, Akaroa left the whart with the children, teachers, and friends at 9.i0 aan. The weather was beautifully fine, and 3 most thoroughly enjoyable day was spent, the party returning early in the evening. Hbndkkson v. Napibb Habboub BOAK'l'. The apparently interminable case of Henderson v. the Napier Harbour Board” was, for the present, concluded yesterday, by the jury finding for the plaintiff on all the issuer and awarding him in the aggregate, TSdH 19s lid. The counsel for the defendants immediately gave notice of his intention to take the steps necessary for a revocation of the verdict. Nobxhbbn Railway Wohks.—The bridge over Stewart's dully, near Kaiapoi, is n 0" nearly completed, the piles being all driven and the upper structure well advanced. An idea can now be formed of the inadequate length of the structure, as it is apparent that it will not cover more than half the span ot the stream which finds its way down the channel at every flood. It is to bo hoped that steps will at once be taken to lengthen the bridge before any damage occurs to tm southern approach, where at the presen time a bay is washed out. . , Fbbs to Special Jubymbn.—The speem jurors who have been engaged for a wee upon the case Henderson v. Napier Harbour Board wore, in considerations of their unns" protracted labours* and by consent o n°bh parties to the suit, paid a guinea a o». • His Honor Mr Justice Johnston pointed oi to the jury that the Judges had no power alter the fee, it being fixed by legislative e actment at a guinea for the first day and Iva* 1 that amount for each subsequent day wbii» any case might occupy. He was glad, however, that in the present instance the htiga had come to so reasonable an agreement a the value of the services rendered by special jurors.

Mr Justice Srr»s« E in Chamber* end »« , Wi The of cases to be dealt S.:> and wUI be seen tobe at Timabp. The SCHOOL 5! Boar d of Education hare ° ,n<^ ! dVr of Mr Filmer for erecting Jit* Ilu ’ ' Si North Orari. Burke’s viuvb #! " Waiho and Wartime pa*. cort is The tender* and WaiiU «hooU were Uie early train Shobi" 0 ”' ;• M ; \viHi*m Patterson, of vesf'^ mo .™Ltched a two-year-old shortbiased from him by Messrs >;or» hr..- ! £., , COi f or their property Aclsnd. xho animal is a *ery in an excellent pedigree, as supf** Ckrarhill’s celebrated breed !;f on the Mutonau station. -’f ih ' ,rt: ,vn BrtPM TtUl AIAfiUUC*. Ks A LJ A ; „i, <ome misunderstanding as to entitled to rote, &c., between and the secretary, when some 0, ,.‘‘ 1 ‘ ,^ n i at the close of the trial of r.is«n£ a! Ashburton, the number of ins- •• - • wrong ij yesterday. The lh; \ v ‘ l! !: V-of point* K ainw * by theM'Oorto:ai ‘ • j; t consequently won the instead of three. . T 0 Animals.— A man named Ci; ’ :F ,( *-.<!or a blacksmith, at Waitobi, pum'sr. -y he x tf muka Magistrate’* Court, ]a4f with cruelly ill-treating /i-o«e. belonging to John Young, 'tendered hr the prosecution s ;;i ' ' the accused'had been asked to i’-’T' 1 < C'lt of the horse’s mouth, and ' ul ;i "% it tras rcstire he beat it orer i3s! with a manuka stick and killed it. Vf «.rt*trate (Mr Campbell) fined the rtl -t \ and ordered him to pay costs £*■ "rVi-vi.'Ai-—Messrs Hiscocks. Hayman, 5 avc purchased Mr Hoskins’ lease of ' : ‘t.Koval in this city, and hare also If. r.VToucen’s Theatre in Dunedin. Pos* ‘ Mh theatres will be taken on Feb. understand that it is the intention *•, f J Cjccs to present a series of norel- ! ""f-'ivh'"towns, particulars of which will ; : f f f '-. r i-.o\;r.cod. We may mention that it • ’ilr Creswick’s season, which will shout the beginning of April the Vf'f Koval will be closed for the much purposes of renovation and decoration. r ’ ? Hotat. : X- delitht to a large audience last oren.3 I'd '■'e numerous scenic effects again :;^.7r : -ed without the slightest hitch. was very hearty throughout, d ■ .iT*hc representation was regarded . ,' T t -- : ifactoTj. It was remarked last

s; -ong the audience were two 3 fact which speaks as much for / .... 0 f the entertainment as for the ,”.-x 5 of the gentlemen themselves. j “. 3. '-/should be. “Henry Y." will be rfMstfd ::--raht Vis;.y;c.—Last evening the members of t ej instigation banquet at the hall in Man-"-W-. rr . f: . There was a most gratifying iueniii:-, bah of members and visiting l'ri'.'ir;r. n_i the occasion proved a trnrc'-h-'.T enjoyable one. The W.M. of the L-Kge,'Brc Pisvltt, presided, and the following ' were duly honoured : —“ The Queen' uni "Ice Craft;” “The Grand Ulster:: Iceland, the Prince of Wades;” •> Inc Prcrinc-iU G.M., and the Grand Lodge of I'znri, ' "The Grand Masons of Irelin: and Scotland“ The Grand Master of Canter V-j. -ni the DD.G.M. and District Grind responded to by Bit) H. Thomsen TI-GY.; “ The W.M. of the St itiKithr L;i;e. ' responded to by Bro Pan;:; Th? Sis*.- Lodges,” responded to br B:j Z.h the Canterbury Lodge, Bro Parrel’ the Corinthian Lodge, and Bro Simpson the Hubert Burns Lodge. Worst:::.! Mi.-ters of some of the country slso responded. The remaining toasts "It.e Intermediate Past Masters” and “I-s Vt-iting Brethren.” Songs and mmi.-L selcttions were interspersed, and the mtnerlng terminated in peace and harmony. A of milkmen will be held at the Golden Are Ht'te. it t p.n on Tuesday. .it C-C. play the St. Albtas* C.C. to. on the rrotmdof the litter. The followrepresent tie former Messrs Wenlock (cap- • I’-- nr. Moody, M'Cieary, Hunt, Bardie, csrrer.ZV.f. Cinnash, Vnnell, Gee; enterSp*'*. c 0 I’commence at 2 o’clock. P-e luchxt-ni-.eaa w-Ji me-t at the Post-office at . oa Saturday between the t "° - hC. i-m Hfj.l, C.C. The following wUI Ln f* c -C-:-Messis White tepSaith. Beckett, Mant, GrffuJr, Crompton* ins fouowttg will represent the Eastern C.C. in ; -e.r mttoa w : ;>, the Southern C.C. to-morrow tj v, 5 6 h - h--*riy, Crowe. Eiiiott, Hales, Hunt. -aountfort, A. Mountfort, Bogers, “I i t J - she following will represent vC~ y.„ r A. Mscfariane, D. Petrie. O. Hodre, W. Henwood, H. r E. Eelyrare, D. Lusk. T.- I- co ?l ,r >se the Lyttelton Youths’ •""* v ">.‘ls - on C.C. to-morrow:— yV- w - H, Smith, J. Pewke. k ' I);.?;-. “ ■’ -;f b . B.J«k»on,A. Lye.T. Flowers, BatWtVtT emergencies, J. . .Tt - “-"-eld. The match will be played -T/r/ * n fc'TOSQO, commencing At 2 pm. ■ t - r yrom the railway station at 1.15 o.lston team is ss follows: H i; -'; 'rt; w F. Davis, E. Hnxton • . 'ci'- D. Thompson, P. Bam■i.VhVi' i J - Falconer,sadP. Scott; enterJ.beott.

Dispctation.—The debate Green and Bright on the . ‘ M Christianity,” subject to ~ cl terms previously stated, - -'1 hist n:gbt in the Queen’s jd.tnough the building was densely '‘l* l ’ ---mites after the doors opened, •y •' -‘“■l’-'ie even to obtain standing . .. “ ;-- c!j ce was most orderly and im- - a., i all expression of approval and ■ , f ‘ :: ' hecitlvciv suppressed. The ■ -,.. -pied by Sir A. H. Boss, and ’’“.l * fre the committees of 10 <P»*lity of the • ■-'Ught forward wo nave no .f 10 the subject being wholly out ol h speaker* spoke with to v l l me w ho are inquisitive as oifrfct-k of , the _ discussion had better ■:z'j l hat is if they are lucky ! hr. V, Benevolent Instituliar.eii",“ vir 1 4 by the proceeds. •\Vav“.^ A T“ 5 f AXl ’ TJIE Colonials.—- .‘. n . ,? Hunedin Age has the folHarris, of the “gentlemen” ••cen ''^ n „ taJct ' n do * n tt peg by the v Jrr ;‘; ;; ;; e Melbourne Cricket Club. The ar. eve iV.'i‘ . a . lct °rian journal wlio was t.v ; {, •!, ta . r Wltnese of the affair, recites oV! flt, -‘ rel ;Gog anecdote:—At the a.vj alien v \ Au,tra “ an Yarn’s first innings, ’-p t;.f. «»..‘f. ' co , rerß . were engaged in totting scorer, u,l : a kEOck eame at the door. The 'ttyer* ’‘ J no * lc ®> as it is not regular for !t . j f ‘'•‘•■- rru pt them. Another knock; rcuvj ar,i t,IO “ ic V’ - wben the knocker went i J ie( * luto the window, with an von . , h : ‘ v 7 in g the words, “ It is I—•W, i- Ir ', rd HwrUone of the -penlr-, p i uUte h' went to the door, and, w,; ’h-f not •-?"*’■, be 8 >’ our pardon, but ‘ y/.o* ll Wii * y ou i and, os a rule, Out vti.v, j an J? ne when his lordship !j " ir s’ wo-d luosit J. in the folwav ■“ W &r e 7 0U address me JUr CVol. ’T V r Whether it was that ,r6i, -ted to7 a ; .<*« W4nt ° f Practice, had the rea«r, n i y Lord « or whatever else f 1 , of the ‘Tf tl ? n *P‘«d, but the coor sla-jraod : l lat ’ Harris liad ««SisSr Wkwt “° th " S'*(oik™, fv ir3 Si? a **Mwut«t of Foreign iL hd 0 . a. ',,7ir7 ? ark e«, British Minister the two Jar i- the coartesy shown ■ Wales a-d'v o ,® o -* 41 * wl *° T “‘tod New ‘f’t y tir fu l ‘fl d Wctona in the early parthf for their I Gol , ° !0 ° f bu Juig breeding ,*" e f a hy hi. i- been re* th. Sir H i,TyP a 7 ke S , tt H , en:u le» BobincoiT,tn"i ‘ lor > havico r. Muustrv of

the two Governments granted them railway panes, and that they experienced hospitable treatment at the hands of the chiefs of Government departments and bureaux, for which my Government is profoundly grateful. I shall oe-much obliged if year Excellency will take an opportunity of communicating this to the chief authorities in both placet.— I have, &c. (signed), Trhasuiua Monknoba, Minister for Foreign Affairs. His Excellency Sir Horry 8. Parker.'’ * Naur Zealand CoAL,—NatKo coal is looking up. Captain Dearborn, of the City of Sydney, recently visited Bussell, and has decided to take bis steamer there when repaired and take in 1000 tons of coal. A Pbekatprb OnnrrrAKT.— A Northern paper publishes the following letter to the editor from a subscriber, asking that a premature notice of his death might bo corrected •“ Sir i notis a few errors in the obituary of myself which appeared in your Eon Wensdnr, my retirement from s in 1869 was not owing to ill holth. but lu a little trouble i bad in connection with a horse and the con of my death was not small pox. please make corrections for which I enclose half-a-crown.” CaiXBSB Ekpihb.—The Californian newspapers are publishing a series of letters by a gentleman bearing the name of Hwang Chang Ling, in winch there is much told about China that has not been hitherto generally known. The writer says, for instance, that the population is only 100,000,000 or 120,000,000, instead of 460,000,000, as generally reported; that the country has reached the limit of agricultural development; that its prosperitv and population have been decreasing since 1761; that unless improved machinery and methods are adopted from the Western countries the people will not be able to support themselves, since they are already as poor as it is possible to bo, and can only with great difficulty maintain existence; that the wealth of the empire is in the hands of the few, and that with a diminishing population and increasing wages at Home there can be no great tide of emigration to the United States, so that Americans have no cause for anxiety on point Kwang Chang Ling does not explain why, if the population is diminishing and wages are increasing, the people find it harder than ever to earn a livelihood; hut, if he is to be believed, the prospect of the Chinese is anything but a comfortable one, and it is not surprising that they emigrate. Nbw Tbamway Engine.—The Yorkshire Post says the Yorkshire Engine Company have made a public trial between Lady’s Bridge and Tinsley, Sheffield, of a new tramway engine. Its performances were regarded by all who witnessed them as extremely satisfactory. It is made to resemble as much as possible an ordinary car. The upper structure is of polished wood and glass, and there is a door at either end, each having sliding windows. The lower portion of the engine is surrounded by a fender carried down to within a few inches of the ground, so that it becomes quite impossible for anyone to be run over. The whole of the machinery is concealed from view, and to an inexperienced eye there is little to indicate an engine. The rapidity with which it can be brought to a state of rest is remarkable, a space of little more than its own length being required for the operation. The driver in working the engine site at the front end, and has a good view of the road. All the levers, Ac., are placed compactly together, and by the working of these he has, with the Safest ease, the engine under full control, e load seems to have but little effect on the engine, as the same speed is maintained on the inclines ; but the crucial testis starting on the incline from a state of rest. It was the opinion of most of those present that the time is not distant when street cars will be worked by steam in England. A Daewxnits.—A wild man has lately been captured in the mountains of Tennessee, and is at present in Louisville undergoing a process of training which, it is hoped, will sufficiently tame him for exhibition. His whole body, according to the Courier Journal, is covered with a layer of scales, which drop off at regular periods, in the spring and fall, like the skin of a rattlesnake. He has a heavy growth of hair on his head, and a dark reddish beard about six inches long. His eyes present a frightful appearance, being at least twice as large as the averaged-sized eye. Some of his toes are formed together, which give his feet on ungainly appearance; and his height, when standing perfectly upright, is about 6ft. Sin. He is, or rather was before he was caged, amphibious in his habits, and subsisted on a diet of raw fish, roots, and herbs. He was chased down by a band of horsemen, who caught him ultimately by means of a lasso, but not until he had, fighting with his hands after the fashion of a gorilla, seriously wounded one of his pursuers. The ownership of this interesting being is vested in three persons, who anticipate large profits from exhibiting. He is, however, as yet far, very far, from being lit to introduce to the public—being as morose at one time as he is ferocious at another. “An impression” is said to prevail—but on what the “ impression ” is founded we do not read —that he was originally a bankrupt shoemaker, who being crossed in love, took to the woods and gradually sunk to the a wild animal.