NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2932, 18 August 1882, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

There will be a Boxing Day meeting of the Napier Jockey Club, this year.

There will be an emergency meeting of St. John’s Lodge of Freemasons this evening at 7.30.

Telephonic communication between Greymouth and Brunnerton has been established.

Lyon Metz, a pawnbroker aged 60 in Dunedin fell down dead last night from disease of the heart.

The Hermione (London to Auckland) has brought immigrants for Napier and Wellington, the majority being bound for Napier.

The superintendent of the Auckland Hospital is suffering from blood poisoning contracted while lancing an abscess.

The charge against H. G. Tosswill, for fraud, was withdrawn yesterday morning at Christchurch.

Alfred Thompson is believed not to have left by the mail steamer, but to have gone to Frisco by the barque Lutterworth. It now turns out that he did go by the mail steamer.

A Mr Dunning was capsized out of a sailing boat off Waiwera, near Auckland. The steamer Bose Casey rescued him after he had once sunk.

It has been deemed premature to form an electric light company in Christchurch, Sir Julius Vogel is to be conferred with, on his arrival,,

Dunning and Wallace’s Opera Company is to visit Dunedin at Christmas. They have two new operas, “ Boccaccio,” and ‘The Twelve Bachelors.” ;

The boy Harvey, who was reported to have broken his leg at football at Rev. Mr Stanford’s Orokonin college, Rlueskin, met with the accident while jumping, not at football.

The weather at Napier has been cold and rainy. The loss of lambs has bean serious ; v feed is, however, plentiful. The mouths of the rivers having been open no floods have occurred.

The New Zealand Hardware Company met yesterday in Dunedin. The balance of profit in hand was shown to be £3308. It is proposed to pay a ten per cent dividend which will absorb £3049, the balance, £259, to be carried forward.

Tho Hospital surgeon at Wellington demands an immediate enquiry re reflections cast upon his management of the staff. The original cause of the dispute is that the nurses complain, of being' overworked and under-paid.

A special general meeting of members Of the Mechanics’ Institute will be held to* night in the hall to consider the question of building a public hall, as an addition to the existing building. The members of the Presbyterian church choir will give the much admired service of song "John Knox ” in the Barnard street hall this evening. There will be a collection in aid of the church painting fund.

The Sydenham Building Society has abandoned tho intention to prosecute Messrs McConnell and Douglas, solicitors. This is the Society which was compelled to wind up recently, in consequence of the defalcations of Charters.

The Secretary of the Christchurch Agricultural and Pastoral Association (Mr Murphy), has'been elected a member of the Linncean Society, the rule requiring newly elected Fellows to be present, being waived.

A Dunedin tradesman employed a man to blow a trumpet in the street to attract customers. The trumpeter was proceeded against yesterday for infringement of the by-law, but the Magistrate, holding that though the letter of the law had not been broken through, the spirit had, dismissed the case. Moat Dunedin tradesmen are able to blow their own trumpets.

It has been proposed to wind up the Napier Pacing Club ; but it has been decided to keep it in existence, though no race meeting will be held this year. An Autumn meeting will probably take place. The balance-sheet showed a loss for the year, which is attributed to the want of a permanent course. The Surveyor-General, writing in reference to disputed street-alignments at Invercargill, says the orginal boundaries given by the Crown to purchasers cannot be altered by any subsequent survey. Mr D. McArthur, C.K., has communicated with the Invercargill Borough Council in reference to a proposal by a Company, of which ho is a representative, offering to bring in a water supply from Dunsdale creek for Invercargill and its surrounding municipalities. If agreed to, the works will be completed within two years, and will bo open to purchase at a valuation by the Corporation at any time*

There will be an inquest to-morrow on the body of William Chambers, who was killed recently at Waimate by a dray passing over him. Mr William Fidler, M.A., was presented with the diploma, of the New Zealand University by Bishop Cowie, at the Choral Hail, Auckland, on Wednesday evening last. Mr Fidler is a brother of Mrs Filmer of this town, and is well known here and in Oamaru. His many friends will be pleased to learn of his academic success.

Messrs Peacock and Geancy have a splendid show of meat to-day consisting of beef, mutton, veal, pork and the first lamb of the season, in addition to an extensive variety of small goods.

McCormick Harvesters and Twine Binders (5 and 6ft Cut). —We desire to remind intending purchasers of the McCormick that unless we receive orders during the ensuing week, we cannot guarantee delivery for next season. Priest and Holdgate. [Advt.]