CHRISTCHURCH. April 14.

North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2468, 15 April 1880, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH. April 14.

A special general meeting of the Association for Fostering and Encouraging Native Industries and Produo'.ions was hold in the Congregational Schoolroom, Manchester stroot, this ovening. There wag a fair attendance. A voluminous report wnB adopted showing the concessions socnrod in the Customs tariff, and a Hories of technical leoturesworo projected. The roll of members is now 400. The mail did not arrive tiil late this afternoon, instead of early in the morning, aa the Rotomahana was detained by a southerly galo. The last match of tho season to-day was marked, as indeed tho wholo soason has been, by a fine display of batting. The matoh was arranged between a number of English gentlemen on a visit, aided by Borne lawyers, and a Ohristchurch Eleven. Tho formor wont in first nnd made 220, of which Mr E. W. Wallington, late of the Oxford Eleven, mado 141. The only other good scores were Reeve* 40 and Harbottlo 17. The local team had only time to got 33 runs for the lo*s of a wicket. A similar scoro of 141 was made by A. M. Olliver early in the' soason, which, with Ashbys 112, makes tho third century on the same ground this season. Thero is a groat deal of dissatisfaction with the Drainage Board, who lately accepted a tender of ovor L 30,000, when thoro was one LIGOO lower against which no valid objection has yet been urged. They have also given a contract of LBOOO for drain pipes to an importer, when local makers tendered only 11 pur cent, higher, and this was in face of an expressod intention of the Board to allow about that margin to local manufacturers A requisition is being signed for a public mootiii£», to call upon them to explain. A Railway Compensation Court was hold to-day. Tho New Zealand and Australian Land Company claimed LB7O ftom tho Ilakaia nnd Ashburtou Forks Company, for dainago to their land, but an arrangoment has been made by which tho latter wore to make certain alterations within six months, or pay L 525 10a, The Synod of tho Church of England oponod its sittings to-day.