NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3108, 19 March 1883, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

St Patrick’s Day was celebrated in Auckland with spirit. All the Orleanist princes are in the military or naval service of France. The Robert Morris jn, whaling ship, has arrived at Mongonui with 800 barrels of oil aboard. The practice of the Harmonic Society is advertised to be held on Thursday instead of to-morrow. The monthly meeting of the South Canterbury Lodge, Mark Master Masons, lakes place his evening. Some articles of female attire have been found on the Heathoote river bank, by a tram-guard. The police are dragging the river. A Land Nationalisation Society is forming in Dunedin with the object of putting a stop to the sale of crown lands. Mr R. Stout is a prominent member, The attendance at the Anniversary services of the Congregational Church yesterday were large and two eloquent sermons were preached by the Hev. W. M. Grant. The Virginia Midland railway line is sail to be haunted by a ghost. The engine has knocked it down and run over it scores of times, yet still it reappears. The Christchurch bowling Club have bade farewell to their president, Mr Cunningham. The parting ceremony took place on Saturday, a crowd of ladies and gentlemen being present. It is said that Professor Wiggins is about to travel with a big show. His prediction about the storm was au advertising dodge. It is very certain that people would flock to see the man of storms. Smart Yankee,

Holman Hunt’s famous picture “The Flight in Egypt” has been spoiled by the stretching of the canvas qn which it was painted. Years of labor have been lost, but the artist basset to work to reproduce it. With reference to the action taken by Mr Snoswell in connection with the late strike we hve received, in addition to a letter from Mr Snoswell himself, other communications defending his action and protesting against his being denounced as the ringleader of a strike.

It is understood that tie mining and commission agent who levanted from Dunedin, left £BOOO of private debts behind him, £2OOO of which is due to two individuals. Several bookmakers are understood to be among the creditors.

A little lad named Stokes had his leg badly crushed on Saturday against a piece of timber on the Breakwater, Will parents be warned now, or is a more serious occurrence wanting to make them keep their children off the wharf !

The Moont Peel Road Board have accepted tenders as follows :—No. 1, shingling near Allandale, James Gregson £95 ; No. 2, stacking gravel at Mount Michael Valley Road, James Gregson, £l9 ; No. 3, building culvert, Peel Forest, Scully, £l6-

Amateur athletic sports were held on Saturday by the Carishrqok Cricket and Duneiin Bicycle Clubs, The principal interest centered in the bicycling events, through Langdon of Christchurch competing with local men. He proved too good in all but the ten mile race, in which Brown, a "dark horse,” got a start and kept it all the way.

A Mr Creed made complaint at : the Dunedin Police Court, on Friday, of a Mrs Adams for blackening bis eyes, and bis damaged eye bore out bis statement; but the lady adduced evidence that Creed had been the aggressor while she herself had acted strictly in self-defence. The Bench dismissed the case, and, says the 11 Otago Daily Times,” “ she was thus victorious in Court as well as on the held of battle.”

It appears that the announcement made some days ago to the effect that a proclamation had been Issued by Government opening the shooting season on March 20 is not correct. Mr A. Perry, Hon Secretary to the South Canterbury Acclimatisation Society telegraphed to Wellington on Saturday, asking if the reported alteration in the shooting season was correct, and he received a reply this morning stating that no warrant or proclamation bad been issued by the Colonial Secretary altering date, but the shooting season would open as in former years viz, on April ?,