NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2874, 10 June 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The rivers are nearly all in flood, to the North of Christchurch’

The “ Australasian Sketcher ” for this month is fairly good.

The Auckland Coffee Palace is to be proceeded with, one storey only is to be built at first.

The Southern Hussars are going to be a big corps. New members are joining daily. At Waimate, the Licensing Commissioners refused the extension of time to 12 o’clock.

Bight trotting, horses have arrived in Christchurch. They were imported by Mr Robert Wilkin,

At the nomination for Franklyn North, the show of hands was Harris, 27; Buckland, 25, The latter demanded a poll. H.M.S. “Kelson leaves ‘Wellington on Monday forLyttelton, and H.M.S. Miranda for Fiji, conveying Sir Arthur Gordon.

The question of| the extension of the Auckland City boundaries was put to the vote, with the result:—For 1085 ; against, 117.

At a pigeon race from Ashburton to Christchurch, for which there were four entries, all the birds came in within a minute or two of each other.

A new dress for ladies has been invented by the English Rational Dress Society. It is a skirt so divided as to clothe each leg separately, and reaching to the. instep, In the Avon Licensing District, two new applications were granted, one being for an hotel at the racecourse. All renewals were granted, but in only two cases were licenses given to 11 o’clock. The “ Otago Daily Times ” Company has forwarded to the Relief Committee, the sum of £sl 13s, amount raised by them in aid of the Timaru Relief fund.

A rail was found placed across the line near Waimate. It is a pity the people who perpetrate these dastardly acts cannot be caught and hanged forthwith. Fortunately the rail was discovered before a train was duo.

Edward Shannon, I a miner at Back Creek, Woodstock, while working in a tunnel, was covered up all but his head by some timber giving way. While his mate was endeavoring to extricate him, some tons of earth fell on Shannon, and when he was got out life was extinct. Deceased was 31 years old, and leaves a wife, but no family.

The renowned Jem Mace will visit us on Tuesday next. The great pugilist has with him a strong company, including Miss Nellie Mace, a clip.’ming singer; Professor Miller, champion swordsman . Barry O'Neil, comedian ; G. B. Turner ballad singer; and W. Ji. Edmunds, lightning sketcher. The amusement pro - vided will be excellent and varied.

' The Waimate .County Council meet on Monday, the' 12th inst., at 5 p.m.

Mr Wilson,! late:bailiff‘-of Waimate, has disappeared altogether. t , ' The’Fancy'Fairan aid of the’ projected Cathedral in Sydney, realised nearly £6OOO.

'—The Secretary to'the"'Board of Education; met ; the residents of < Wopllcombe’s; gully: last night, arid* explained the steps neces•sary for the establishment of a-schooL -

A man has been found'dead at the foot of a precipice on the Mahouranga linei Wellington. His horse and trapjwere also found there. He must have ridden over in the dark.

Mr John A, Fairfax, a grandson of the late well-known Hon. John Fairfax (of the “ Sydney Morning Herald,”) died a few days ago in Sydney from typhoid fever* He was a promising member of a notable Sydney family. Frederick Storey’s application for a license to his new house, Temuka, was unanimously refused by the Commissioners, who thought another house not required in Temuka. Renewals were granted for all existing houses.

A Chinaman and his. newly married European wife quarreled in N. S. W. She fled to her parents home. Ah Yow followed and abused his mother-in-law, whereupon the wife picked up her father’s gun and shot her husband dead. A verdict of “ wilful murder" was returned.

In the case of Wheeler in Auckland, who died from injuries received in ejecting, one HackeU, a drunken fellow, the jury returned a verdict of “ Accidental Death,’’ and the Coroner severely admonished Hackett. The remembrance ought to make him a sober man.

Mr Barnes who is one of the Licensing Bench, of Leith Ward, Dunedin, testified in a very glowing style to the superiority of Krull’s Al. hotel. “It is ’’-said Mr Barnes, “more like a gentleman’s’palace than a hotel.” What will you take to drink, Mr Barnes? ' '

At the last meeting, of; the. Harbor Board, the signal gun was referred to, and the Rocket Brigade asked that it be replaced by an iron gun. One member said “the present, gun would make noise enough if they only greased the muzzle.” Being closely questioned as to the condition of the carronade, the member said it was right enough, only that'the “ touch-hole was as big as the muzzle,” 1 which did not appear quite the thing.