TOWN & COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXII, Issue 7326, 22 August 1884, Page 4

TOWN & COUNTRY.

Police Changes. Sergeant Pratt leaves for Auckland on Tuesday next. Sergeant-Major Bulkn, who has been transferred to Christchurch from Blenheim, arrived here yesterday. Kjsoabooma Enquiry. —lt has been found after all to W more convenient to have the enquiry into the mishap to the Ringarooma held in Lyttelton than in Dunedin, and it will accordingly be held in the first-named place to-day. Alle*;ei> Lakceny. —Matthew Keane, who was acquitted of a charge of stealingfisat the E.M. Court on Wednesday, was yesterday re-arrested on a further charge of larceny, viz., stealing a saddle and bridle belonging to aMr O’Connor, of Waikari. He will be dealt with by the K.M. this morning.

Political. —Parliament has again adjourned till Tuesday, Mr Thomson beinsr now engaged trying to form another Government It is now two months and a half since members first met this year, and not a single item o? business has been done, except to vote the honorarium.

Weather Exchange. —New Zealand : Depression to eastward, and generally overcast, and showery weather; winds, southerly. Australia : High pressure over Victoria', southerly winds; overcast at Portland. Barometers New Zealand ; Russell, 20-1; Wellington, 293; Bluff, 29-5. Australia: Albany, 30-1 ; Portland, 30*1; Sydney. 30'3. Yesterday's Division List. —An analysis of the division list published yesterday, shows that 83 members voted and paired. Mr Taiaroa did neither, and the Speaker completes the total. Of the 33 Noes. 2 3 came from Canterbury, 12 from Otago, 2 from the West Coast, 1 from Taranaki, 1 from Wellington, 1 from Auckland, and I was a Native member. Fourteen in all were new members. Of the So Ayes the bulk were, of course Northerners, and 10 belonged to Otago. Twenty were new members. The Australian Cricketers. The Australians made up for the heavy scoring of Gloucestershire in the first match, by defeating them this week in oue innings. They have now played2o matches, winning 14, losing U. and o being drawn. They are now playing a return game with Notts, including which there are seven matches still on the list. One of these, however, against the Players, is announced for the days on which it was stated the fourth AllEngland match was to be played. Looking j at the unsatisfactory ending of two of the | three great matches, it is to be hoped we | shall see another meeting between the i Colonials and a picked team of England. j

No doubt the want of sufficient notice, together with the inclemency of the even tug, accounted for the small attend* auce at the Institute Hall. Ciut. on Weduesday evening, on the occasion of the lecture by the Rev Mr Raker, on the work of the British and Foreign Riole Society in India. The Rev H. 11. Wyatt occupied the chair, and introduced the l-cturer. who succeeded in interesting tho-e who were present. At the close of the lecture. a resolution was passed, to the effect—” That this meeting recognises. with thankfulness to Almighty Ued. the Ldoum and success of the British and Foreign Bible tsoeiety in circulating the Bible throughout the world.” A vote of thanks to the Oh airman was carried, after which the Benediction was pronounced. Tint Mkuuk* eon Bra snout-, —The mantle of Mr Billiot has descended mi Mr Reese. A torrent of indignation, not by any means undeserved, has been let Uxwe on the new member, who must ha.’e felt rather humbled yesterday by the tenor of the telegrams that poured in ou him from irate electors. There was tpiitc a rush to the Telegraph Office on his account. 'Vo subjoin a copy of one communication which was sent to Mr John Holmes by a prominent supporter of Mr Reese during the election ” Staumore electors indignant Reese's voting against the Uovernmont and purpose bunting him in effigy. To-day's steamer carries him a rat-trap from Ids dupes, so that he can have it engraved and handed down to future generations of Reeses as an heir-loom commemorating his political honesty, Make public, and see that he gets an ovation on receiving memento." We have taken occasion to express our own opinion in another column of Mr Reese's conduct in common with that of tlio three other Canterbury members who voted with tho Opposition,

Johnston will . mg. Thf ii.*t on the twiial j,., v'^Hj Hoard meeting of ti... ,\". r *; 1 Kduc.ition - - ak1cr0b1c.'i:,,.,,.,.. as will )-■ ... column. Obitcart,. \ .. - Wednesday r. nounrmg Vi,.- ■; Mr John VV;|; are yet to bar. . ’ c.v.r. , .H C.Y.r;., H six flays' train.-. . take pin.'.- ; rowing on («> *.n<,%rnp, <! . IMitatied, < r he found con-,-. * quarter-d ...* ■ f’fuhrj str.-..‘ ■ HI ■ ; »M A lari-.. ■ the at- .-it- < .. H I meeting on .. ; h'Mir... m 'A w- ‘ , ensuing tern;. , . f>-T,T(d fp,yr.._ ■ ■ ■ Two new after pmwin-/ i nudities t’i I,,■ ’ ■ I St ftert.te ■ i rite- of <on?.■ th- ■ ! and JO fcmih- . | Rev fl. r o \Ur., ■ I confirmed r well filled on ?he . - the candid.v-' w • throughout, fs afternoon at :• • i the Chur. - Icy, to appr>- H TrnpRAAS.-y is being party in '.'hr. • .H tog visit of Mr ■ agent for H at Sk>uth,v.sj.*or H the C>loni--<. ff.- •. ducting a “ ’ fl is expected 1. ■ H week. A • ! make arranger,-, 0,• fl is connection H l>tu,lSAnr fir-- fl payers was K-Ti / H in the Foo-r?." H purpose of .r.„o H Drainage Fiord *...• ' B rating from fl value. S!r -fl chair, tea ‘fl Second d bj *r H make amr.g-.i.. H meeting as .-...n, \. fl ascertain tlw the various -1.-*;; - proposed alter i?.: - HkaKINO OV I . .. . • R.M., speaking f; . :, - . - day morning, .-aid t. ■ /_ for the fvxtur- to i ■ in which the am Mon<hiy-. .r ! - - . extended juri Wednesitijr. ir.: . ■ - _ heard on Thur-1.. aaat present. T-.r meet the conv-ni.n ■ - ence to their Stit-. ;..

as saggest'-a '■ 7 M■■ His Worship d! •; gentlemen of tl;- 8,.- • ■ - making the wiv.-v, procedure. Theatks Eot.u. T .• • scarcely need D-n::r.-;,r:_- t. .• Royal will l.e -t- r. :.r v Lytidton Tina I ?'. .t. c:. performances tins ;r - ■. duced Byron’s : Success.” Tie on.-.- h -y:: the stage with that .i”-. - ■ which has marked :h----appearances. Mr A. ’ " more kindly lent suit M-i-particularly -particularly rvj’t.v.-.-i ti; will War in mind ti..it • - > each evening ;-.r - | that the stalls will : c; • • . } This evening tr.. ■ ■ ■ : -■ ! performance f.-.* !’/ - Pen tic Ha:.:, i- i. ing of persons f..‘ ‘ a public hall f«>r ?1 r to held in th»- fV.-. lon Wednetwby r.;.:i : :r- ---■ occupied the :h ur. ’! ' ported that a: a rr-.'l. iaJv.nelast.it r. vl the Foresters until A l ;.--:. a report as to w % - -r to huild a largi-r ’ i'-’■ V- - behalf of the 1’ urt A: A.0.F., stated tii..: •.» • elections and rr» -,-';r-‘ the district had u : ; • : subscriptions, out th.»r.-v. • able extent had Ivor, r sent time the t.'.'ur r about ■ jCJO to eri.u i ' building. On th-- n;.'t;-c seconded by Mr F. . mined to adjourn tic - • next, in order 7/ definite report being :u Mr Laurens a wa> .o>;the adjourned meeting. Temj*ekax<.'?. >'c. ■ • ' . meeting was held.>u \v•■■■■■•■. - ■ the Temperance H.iii. .'v'-' i Temperaneo ' i c Mayor presided, and line of what the n.itcrthe prop sed ■.•hb - Brookes gat * pointed out- • that might 1 • , ‘ tion. It wa* the Aiaroa 1 > - ■ farmed, the annua! - : - members to U* al. An organising i.' 'I.-.'.;.. '- . consider the main gem-' vvasary initiatory <••■■■. ■ before a meeting day evening, Sept. d. ' then drawn up. i-n "

i were entered. *'t:- r- ) added, and it m-\v • through the •/■■'“l I the Uo*xl Tcmplir i j that will hav.- an j the intelligence iivl ■ I trict has been f-*-md v to the Chili nr. c. : r of the evening. OsTRI-m Fircn. ■■ ... demand for ostr: • Europe has re-.-®'-i ■■ ■’ which, for a ’.o. -r » » Not orly are ex’:-. n: - - birds, but a sml: •« . from different. ' , ;■ . have never f.n in- I t . , consequeniv. a assumed by the ' whose exchequer e ■ - -terlin.. !'■ - source. The t.'.i •' . letter re vived I>i .'!• ' _ of this eity. n '* • Cape Colony, "d! he v - ; - especially, we 01-:-- t. ■ ' ostrich farmer. » he r* > ■ e; from his friend : | these ornament:*.! an *, . - j scapady a year age ’ Parliament baa imt* • : .filOO on each ostrich egg- There - a _ a partV is eXpct-* ' ISO ostriches t ■ xm 1 considers that ! * ". , allow other •eoif., feathers,'’ '1 ' •>'- . , -.■ has. we an'inf " r!;i, l! j'\; r \ starting to lax. Canterbury rearim,- , ;,. :,■r. - crop of featherand a second crop >•'

: mceor.-Tbe cere- . V" b u ' the new I' 1 ’ ; 1- . place yesI „miv l ' : ... K.eO" 1 ’ 1 / ,1,, . lives.- -•* .vm-eur- p-"*. . ’v l'b” v steadily pevveded ’ lb ,. ,e>h ,V -V iim-.t bridges m *!\ l-c.l't e! ' ■ *,.■ ,].ei v „ , AmMenr IV‘ i ,1 1 ea-.'-O-v TV- e;-.-;. ... in an-'Uwr Ulnl- Kite n *: , .i»nfc «i».e,„r.ft T - ' m, w . S.-nicr «»vl ■ i-c; : ■ 1 ’• ;V, U y ' ' ■ , r.i’mnn*. the *•'' s ,'.„|ri'l iVc I’nilfl ‘•.‘L/t-v MrW.,l. ;...: •. ■ - j.e> <«t 1 U- ; ' • • “ , ’ j** in IWI ’’ v . D'l ‘J 1 Uk a« ; - ; 1 j- 1 "«hi.Ci i» 4hr Unre*i v’’V - ■ m •'««« >■<*>•. e- . -..-1 of ,h.- STj.'O nri* % T.f.'riurl, f"=ce-l f« -»«•• V.- lh«nwlw«, »« r ~.r• -•• ■ ,k> (nl«'r.'«l".l m •-*« 0 ' 1 ; f«-ibi,T to th» *• ... tv-.’ "■ in connivj. j vr * u <r.f A Frenchman makes V‘iat tv-Tcrveirs should l>e P with water in times r. nv..i.i;wth-,-f v --e,- 1 - ,Kvur«. and the eonnoncr by eUvtrieity. „.,r ■ f p' r:l no(' is equal to Th-.j-; ~! Si „v meters *'f water a ?.A'. runs to waste rva ' : " , Xhe writer finds by his »v.-i ••-'=* .. o stw'.un represents e. 1 , riV ,Njuivalent to the w%.rk 1 ' , {ls,, veariv combustieli of T'\ .., - .~f coal. ’ l?y merely introliVl ; ■ -m- and utilising this stored >k- '■ .. jp.,,. electricilv fields could U' «v»'Y . , r>v new devastates them. 4 ' ’. -jrticallv the idea (says an now being carri.nl out in ‘,i*. h.a.l waters of the Mis<b"'n;:' 4 ; ;hc falls of St Anthony will fls'-f ; 44 v . . v .-v.-n ivwer. -•*; w lA ,ii Pivokcb IJii.L.—Cgmsidcr- ,.‘ h . has b.vii made in the French v'gh the Divorce Hill. M. do "ini. ii.iui. nt, rejected on the f'.'t i .i> ll»W UVtt ttdoptcd h.V W p makes adultery by either „f divorce. As the clause evuld not take piocrvdinga h.!.-b.md kept a inistross in his C "-T '"i, Another amendment, providf*l'X rucltV or gross insult shall net ■V/ .pv.’;-.. ,1 until after throe years of -iViv'naration. I ' , ' vn negatived hy 'i".. ’■ ;,\"v.,t, s. Condemnation to an in-

; , ;->-huu'nt was accepted as a r divorce. It is stated that M. Vv’" ; ha- r. wived piles of letters from t .\ , t <> ' -vpr.-:? their gratitude Is ■ - untiring efforts to set his pt- -d ;>v ;hv Parliament. He lu»s tho-w::.Mvn-i this acknowledgment of r v ■ ivrs.-ver.mce, for few men, : ~.;v< rsiries admit. have bad more ‘ .-ent.-nd with than he. i ] .rn’< Jokv.—Hill Hare«.*o, from I!h i: K-- s*. having received his cheque (unt.s ".t He* “ in the Australasian), at [ ct*v m-’v. ‘ reduce it to its natural 1 e.-h and brandy. Having in a I rz . -d-d in that, and with a 1 gj; • • ■; I'.T. ahead. he strolled [ -...viduo in search of adveaji-,- l'-v *up in front of the soberi.: - ; vmdow <>{ the undertaker, it fl •- : . . to carry out.a funeral v ... civ diversity from the leaden - •: : .- place. So he staggered . .tui m a sepulchral voice in* c" - -: " H nat kind of corps* was in •• C-£n you mean, sir," mildly i tradesman.''’ B. B. was not i v tr.:!-; with. " I want nothing of the I • I .isked for” (He was hr. tun of the funeral.) “You ■,v - • ' ■ Tiicdow, ‘ Every requisite p;v:>::■ r fun.-nds,' and when I ask you •• •■ . I.:-’. < nc, you ain’t got it.” H- c;v induced to retire; hut he rvtn-.it tinder cover of a dropping i*. f nr.nene-stary expletives. Ist atasvrvA OrTBfEST.—A London i -a- —“ Scientific investigat - ' i nL‘ .tie during the last few ~ -.-r-j-r of the Batch Government if. ■■•;..«r.i-.'.-.-nstics of the Karakatoa I"’'” - ' • • Lai already been auffi- ? G hy unlearned observers i* polar point of view. It s . ; ■ ’ ■ inquiries, of which the r.- .- it .Li- ated hy the British Conr - - tt;*v mineral?. ejected from - - ’ ‘ - out in a solid state*, of fragments of various i 1 ':' ■■■ !■ '' i- ;-. Although the contents t: r.-.v r were undoubtedly in a fluid **“*■' • - of lava obtained an exit. out more violently by 1:' f-rte acting from below. , --h ruls were projected within ( a “ 1 ‘ 1 ' ailes; butthe finer ash was um-ctsons, east, west, it; to a distance which, on C-'j -->de, was no less than 7G4 n;:, ‘■■ ■ Of the columns of steam “I.* ' -’‘rose from Krakatoa is '■ : •• h'm nine b> twelve miles ; £■“ ’ mt <if solid nutter thrown out ;/'• • *•' 'y'd a quarter cubic miles. The t A'V. i 4 l : ; l ‘ 1<: R ' a travelled at a rate according to the depth v .'"'.' v ''"'‘ached as far as Aden, lo“' t '-’t t’oit KHzabi-th. Besides " ‘ ; o;-ed by the explosion, s; " ‘ : r '- formed, one of which, i“-;t of the explosions, ' ;■ ■* "’hole surface of the-earth (.* , -r'ertimeH with the rapidity 1 }‘- vi lu-certained that 11*. ■’ o'...ii<e*. ejetU-d, which now a. : f‘ jr miles around, consist >, -y puriiice-toni-, with <.,eea- _ * "■ 1.-.tuineij and obsidian.”