NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2876, 13 June 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Miranda leaves for Fiji on Thursday A publican at Oamaru, George Wallace, was fined yesterday .£2O and costs, for supplying shrunken man with liquor. Several cases were brought before the E.M., at Christchurch yesterday, of soiling game without license, trespassing, Ac., and convictions were obtained in every case. The Chinese are making groat headway at hound Hill,where a Celestial has applied for a publican’s license. The Ross Licensing Committee have declined to grant licences for houses to be open after 10. John Williamson and William Iliggin havo been committed for trial at Wan gantu for robbery from the person(scparajjo charges.)

The Geraldine, Racing Club meet tonight to draw up a programme for the next race meeting. It is doubtful whether the Colonial Treasurer will be able to deliver his Financial Statement to-night as promised. The Macc-Milior Combination Company appear at the Theatre Royal this evening. The programme is a varied one and should attract a good house. The Dunedin Naval Brigade Band intend giving a concert in Princes’ Theatre on Friday next in aid of the Timaru Relief Fund. Since the first of the present month, the sanitary inspector at Auckland, has reported 97 cases of measles,and sof scarlet fever. The Auckland suburban residents are divided in their opinions as to junction with the city. Petitions are being signed for and against; The Licensing Committee in Christchurch, or Chairman rather, proposes that the Borough Council shall pay an officer to inspect public house, as the police could not be relied on. The matter was deferred. Smith, the owner of the horse which caused the accident at Kartigi, was fined £5, which at his request was made £5 Is, This enables the defendant to appeal, which he intends doing, H.M .S, Nelson will bring up at Kawau, where her officers will be the guests of Sir George Grey for two or three days. Mr Seymour George will do the honors in Sir George’s absence.At the inquest on the body of George Champion, who was‘killed by the upsetting of a dray over a precipice on the Nghauranga line, a verdict was returned of accidental death, but a rider was added that certain points' of the line should be fenced. The Borough Council made no mistake in their choice of a chairman to fill the temporary vacancy caused by the absence of His Worship the Mayor in Wellington. Cr Jackson being called to preside shows himself to be a peculiarly efficient head. While allowing the utmost freedom of discussion, Cr. Jackson never allows business to flag. The residents of Cain’s Terrace have at lenglh woke up. Most people - believed they had dropped into eternal slumber on the state of their road. They have found at last that it is actually muddy 1 The acuteness of these good fellows is astounding. The Council will consider the matter, and probably by the end of the winter, something will be determined on for next season.

In giving judgment at Wellington in the civil action F. E. Liardct, a fishmonger, v. George Harris, a baker, the Magistrate said he was of opinion that Liardet had committed most deliberate and wilful perjury, and therefore he would give judgmqnt for defendant, and order the committal of plaintiff for perjury, bail being allowed, himself in £IOO and two sureties of £SO each.

The average number oE stock offered at the Winchester Fair sales, for the past six months, was—sheep, 5037 ; cattle, 107. It has been decided to hold the Fairs in future on-the first in each month.

A meeting of the Committee of the Upper Pareora school was held on Friday last at which it was resolved—“ That the school close for midwinter holidays so that the teachers may get the advantage of the reduced faros to the Christchurch Exhibition.” The holidays are not to exceed one week. Messrs Jefcote and Wilkin were appointed visitors for next month. Other formal business was transacted and the meeting adjourned.

Another case of sticking-up occurred, on Saturday evening near the Carlton Hotel, hardly half a mile from the centre of Christchurch. A gentleman from Blenheim had been visiting some friends, and on returning about 11 p.m. he was set upon by three roughs. With the aid of a stout stick and a couple of dogs, who seemed to enjoy the fun, his assailants were forced to beat a hasty retreat. The case of Stndholme v. the Queen, a claim for £2OO damages, through a locomotive setting lire to grain'on Crown land which extended to the plaintiff’s land, came before the District Court yesterday. The evidence for the plaintiff was all that was got through. The defence is a general denial that the injury alleged was not a wrong done by the order of Her Majesty or the Governor or the Executive Government of the colony, and that no action could be sustained. The vexed question of Sunday tramway traffic at Invercargill was discussed at the annual meeting of shareholders of theTramway Co., yesterday. It transpired that the cars had first been run to suit church goers, but the Directors finding that running cars at ii regular intervals did not pay, decided to run them all day, which was found to be more remunerative in proportion to the expenses. A motion approving of the action of the Board in the past, and leaving it untrammelled in the future was passed by a large majority. An old woman aged CO, named Noble, committed suicide on Sunday in her daughter’s house by hanging herself with a rope tied to a nail in her bedroom. At the inquest held to-day, a verdict of “ Suicide whilst under temporary insanity” was returned. Her son-in-law Kohloff, and his wife testified that they found her hanging by the neck with her feet just barely touching the ground. Her husband is in Auckland, and they have been separated for fourteen years, over since the Thames rush. She bad threatened to commit suicide several times, and often complained of being separated from h6r husband.