NEWS OF THE DAY

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3300, 30 October 1883, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

Luther’s fourth centenary will be celebrated in Dunedin as well as in Christchurch.

Over 200 of the Dunedin unemployed have been tet to woik on the Otago Central railway. Agnes Cook, nine years of age, was run over yesterday on the Shag Point railway line, and killed.

The stoppa e of the sawmills in South, land bas thrown a groat number of men out of employment.

The Geodetic Conference recently held at Rome, has advised the universal adoption of the m r dian of Greenwich,

The Waitangi for Lyttelton, and the Victory for Port, Chalmers, have sailed with 394 and 330 immigrants respectively.

Messrs B, Wakefield and J. Manchester have beeneleotal to represent the Board of Governors of Canteroury College, on the Waimate High School Board.

Mr Stone, of the Observatory, Oxford, has written to Archdeacon Stock, of Wellington, asking him to forward the result of his observations of the Transit of Venus.

Attention is drawn to an advertisement by the Railway department, announcing special train arrangements and fares in connection with the Timarn Agricultural Show.

Mr M. W. Green addressed the electors yesterday in the Queen’s Theatre, Dunedin. He spoke for two horns and a half, and was accorded a vote of thanks and confidence.

The Auckland people have got hold of the Premier. He is going to visit them shortly, and he has been expressing wonder and gratification at their rapid stiid.s. An Aucklander is to be oppointed to a seat in the Cabinet too. What’s in the wind ?

The Primate on Sunday inducted the Rev A, T. Hamilton into the incumbency of St. Saviour’s Temuka. In the evening the Bishop administered the rite of confirmation to 23 male and 2 female candidates.

The body of George Reardon, who peiished in the recent boat accident at Napier, has been found. At the inquest, the jury strongly condemned the construction of the boat, and wished it destroyed ( but the Coroner replied that he had no power to order its destruction.

A boy named Francis, was yesterday attacked by a bull in Portobelo, near Dunedin. His mother bravely went to his assistance and saved him from injury; but the animal turning on her broke two of her ribs and knocked several of her teeth out.

In the case of Mr John Whitley’s child, Dnnedin, which died from being overlaid by its drunken mother, on Sunday evening, the coroner’s jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the mother, and aeveie.ly censure i, the father, who it appears had been drinking all the same day.

Somebody had a narrow escape of his life in Napier yesterday. A lunatic prisoner in the Police Court suddenly produced a knife, which he laid on the front of the dock. The Resident Magistrate strongly condemned the police for their inefficient search. The man was of a violent nature in confinement, and attacked a warder with a hi let of wood, but fortunately seemed to have forgotten the possession of the knife.

It is a matter of regret that Professor Weston’s performances in Barnard street hall on Saturday and last evenings have been attended by most meagre audiences for ho is a very clever caterer for public amusement, aud Ids show is worth a visit. Mr Westeii has been laboring for a long lime past against adverse circumstances, and he had hoped to glean some profit from his visit to Timaru during bhow week. To-night the performance will be repeated and to-morrow night io will be followed by a ball, which country visitors will no doubt bo glad to patronise.

It is proposed to transfer the Public Library of Christchurch to the City Council.

O’Connor, the Timaru pedestrian, has challenge 1 Edwards to walk from one to tweniy-five miles for £SO.

The Hon Mr Whitaker will leave Auckland for Sydney on 12th prox., to attend the intercolonial conference.

Porfessor and Mrs Fraser may be consulted at the Shamrock Hotel on Wednesday and Thursday next. Messrs A. H. Ross, J. Roberts, E. B. Cargill, and J. M. Ritchie will, it is said, represent Government on the Otago Harbor Board.

An old man was arrested in Christchurch on Saturday for being helplessly drnnk. On being searched he was found £lO9 in notes in bis pockets. Mr J. R. Stansell, ironmonger, Sheffield warehouse, Main South Road, has disposed of bis business to Messrs A. J. Quelch and Co. whose business notice appears in an advertisement before the leader.

The North Canterbury Education Board returns for the quarter ending September 30th give the following statistics :—l4O schools and side schools; 441 teachers — males 192, females 249 ; sewing mistresses 34; number on the roll 17,668—males 9211, females 8457 ; average weekly number 17,442—ma1es 9106, females, 8336 ; strict average, 12,122; working average, 12,793. Tba following additional nominations have been received for the Auckland Summer Meeting : Cap : Gilderoy ; Kacing Club Handicap ; Taipouri; steeplechase : Urey Momus and Strathern.

A sensation was created among the few pedestrians in the Main South Road night by a “bolt.” A 4-wheeled caniage standing at the Theatre, about half-past ten o’clock was observed to move off in ordinary style, but on reaching Woollcombe street corner the pair of horses stated off at fell galop and tore along till they approached the Park gates, when they turned off towards Shears’ brick-yaid, where the equippage came to grief. The carriage was smashed to atoms, one horse freed himself and trotted quietly o2 towards the High School gates, where he betook himself to feeding, the other horse, having caught his foot in one of the springs of the vehicle, lay helpless till Mr J, Newton, passing along, set him free, An unusually stout lady who landed at New York the other day, was unrolled by the Custom inspectress, Uncle Sam being enriched by the process to the extent of sixty yards of fine silk.