NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2875, 12 June 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The death of Lady Munrp is announced. The Mataura from Dunedin for London, was delayed by a heavy sea on the bar. H.M.S. Nelson is to sail for Auckland direct, from Wellington—not to Lyttelton as previously announced. Major-Atkinson is getting better and the Financial Statement will probably “,be made to-morrow evening. A sailor fell on Saturday from the mast to the deck of his ship at Russell, sustaining serious internal injuries. The Auckland Victuallers are going to petition for an amendment of the Licensing Act. The Auckland Education Board . has decided that only one book, and one set of books, should be used on any subject, in the schools of the Province. Mr llitso, formerly of Canterbury, is elected a member of the Directory of New Plymouth Iron Company. At the football match Dunedin v. Union' a charge for admission was made, the proceeds to go to the Timaru Relief Fund There was a large attendance;.

The Borough Council meet this evening, at 7 o’clock. .

The concert at;Dunedin, in aid of the Timaiirßelief Fund, was a grand success, in every respect. The Railway Department intend prosecuting the owner of the horse which caused the accident at-Kartigi, --- ~ The statue of Lord Beaconsfield, .to be erected in Parliament Square, will be ready, jn August.

Ahorse on'tbo-line near-Walton Park Colliery threw an engine off the line, and caused a van to topple down the embankment.

The meeting of the Mornington (Dunedin) Licensing Committee lapsed; members being unable to agree as to their powers? there was a tie. .

Signor Riccardi who is a bankrupt, was examined by his creditors in Auckland on Saturday. As he could make no oifer, it was suggested that Mr Williamson should be requested to pay over to the creditors, part of Riccardi’s salary,; he being a inember of the Opera Company.

The Dunedin Trades and Labor Council forwarded a resolution to Mr Bathgate, M.H.R. expressing the opinion that if the Government carry out their proposals to .lease agricultural lands, a tax on land already sold will be necessary, which should be especially heavy on unoccupied agricultural land.

In a triaugular shooting match at Wellington between teams from H.M.S* Nelson:and Miranda and the local Naval Brigade, the latter were beaten. The men-of-warsmen fired with Martini-Henri rifles and the Brigade with Shidets..; About 3000 persons visited the Nelson Saturday,

The bluejackets of It.M.S.. Nelson were somewhat disappointed that the .Wellington hospitality only ■ extended to the ; ‘‘button and collar ” gentlemen of the'ship.

' At Havvera, George; Mackay, carpenter, ?3, deliberately cut his throat in his bedroom on Saturday morning.,His wife tried in vain to snatch the razor from him. ..He almost severed his head from , his ■ body, and, died in a minute or two. He was a new'’arrival; quite a sober man, but subject to fits of melancholy. In one of these he committed the dreadful deed.

A Mormon meeting was held last evening in the back room of the Oddfellows’ Hall; Barnard street. The assembly was addressed by Elder Burnett, a recent convert to Morraonism. The youths present enlivened the proceedings by frequent interruptions. Some body finally turned the gas out, and ibis caused a general stampede. A long harangue at the very top of a stentonian voice was brought to a disc by an account of certain miracles performed by the redoubtable Joe Smith and other Saints. Altogether the proceedings were a perfect travesty.