NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2903, 15 July 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

At Nascby yesterday a ChmanKtji was killed by a fall of earth. The building of the new railway station will be began next week. George Louis, who stabbed the mate of the barque Chili at Auckland, was yesterday sentenced to one mouth’s imprisonment. Since the 12 o’clock’licenses have been in force in Timaru, there has been no perceptible increase o£ the bar trade of the various hotels. Thirty-three cases of diptheria were reported on 30th June from St. Albans, from 26 houses. The health officer advises that disinfectants be sold at cost price o l ' given away.

The body of a man who fell off the Banguiri Bridge, Auckland, has been recovered. He was between 60 and 70 years of age, and is believed to have been a tramp. Cuthbcrt McKellar, the defaulting agent for the National Bank at Mosgicl, has been *.N ° 7 v committed for trial; bail being allowed, himself in iMOO and tvvo sureties in 41200 each.

A bushranger has “stuck up” one of the banks at Grafton, N.S.W., and secured a very considerable booty, viz ; —£29,000. Thisgentlcman (!) will now probably retire from the bushranging profession. Mr Piilict was the only candidate present at the declaration of the Sianmore poll yesterday'. Mr Richardson’s figures were declared at 336, not 345, a cipher having been mistaken for a 9. Mr Pilliet in returning thanks, apologised to Mr Lee, the Returning Officer, for some reflections he had cast on him at the nomination.

Horatio DeOourcy MarteUi was brought up at tho Police Court, New Plymouth, yesterday, charged with having at Opunake, in January last, stolen a breechloading fowling piece, the property of Her Majesty, The prisoner said he exchanged the gun for one of his own. He was sentenced to throe months’ imprisonment.

At the E.M. Court, Dunedin yesterday, a plaintiff asserted that he had a fortnight ago arrived at the New Market Hotel, that he gave in his cheque to the landlord, that after two and a half days he was informed ho had drank or ‘ shouted ’ all but £l3 of the money. The hotelkeeper then offered him £ls, and finally gave him ’£2o. The defence will be gone into next sitting. The town clerk of Linden (Otago) refused to accept the fee tendered by a Mr Butler, on the ground that, the license was granted by a committee of three who had no authority to grant it. It will be remembered that, the Linden Committee had a .split, and both sides claimed authority. Captain Fairchild, of the steamer Stella, which returned to Wellington yesterday from a cruise to the Southern lighthouses, says that a bird-catcher named William Wheeler was missing from Preservation Inlet. It is believed ho lias committed suicide. He had been very strange of late and complained of seeing blue devils. Letters have been received by the Canterbury Fanners’ Co-operative Association from a largo number of Road Boards, Borough Councils, and from two County Councils in the Canterbury district, in reply to a.oircular advocating a reduction of railway charges for the carriage'of grain. All the communications referred to, heartily endorse the action of the Association in the matter, and premise their support.

At the Christchurch Board of Health meeting yesterday the medical officer strongly recommended that the Order in Council re dairy inspection should be amended, so that it may no longer be necessary that inspection should be by a medical man; also, to provide for a license fee. He also dilated at length on the unsatisfactory state of the' law at present regarding the vaccination of children attending public, schools, and urged the Board to bring the matter under notice of the Government during the present session.

The Auckland City Council have refused to permit the Oil, Soap and Candle Company to erect their factory in the city. They accept the terms of St. Hellier, and Company to construct a city tramway subject to terms imposed by the Council. Four months is the period allowed for preparing to' start upon the work, and eighteen months for the lines to be completed and trams running. The Council refused to postpone the question till further intelligence was received from Reid and Gray of Dunedin, or Pearson of Melbourne.