NEWS OF THE DAY

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3303, 2 November 1883, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

The Westland's passengers will be released from quarantine on Monday, W, Solomon Levy’s funeral was very largely at'ended a( WHlington yesterday.

The meeting of the Harbor Board habeen postponed from Thursday Bth to 15th.

There were registered in Timara during October 37 births, 15 deaths, 2 marriages.

A special meeting of St. John’s Lodge of Freemason’s will be held this evening at 7.30.

Mr 1. R. Brown will represent Christohu oh at the Irish Convention in Melbourne.

The s.s Tongiriro left Plymouth at midnight on Oct. 29, for Fort Chalmers and Lyttelton. The s.s Tarawera has brought from Sydney a cutter built to the orcer of the Dunedin Naval Bri.-ade. A man named John Newton has been committed at Dunedin for rape on a girl of twelve at Nevis in Vincent County.

A Catholic Church has been built of paper mache in Batavia, capable of seating 1000 persons. It is cheap and it takes a high pilisb. Mr Osmond, for himself and a gentleman lately arrival trom England, yesterday purchased at Auckland 40,000 acres of land near Lake Taupo,

The Kangiora Agricultural Show yesterday was very successful. There was a large attendance arid the number of exhibits was greater than that of last year.

The Lyttelton Harbor Board have accepted a tender for the ocean steamers’ wharf at Lyttelton, price £5444, and lor a shed on the whaif at £4501.

Seventy-five app cations were received for the post of Inspector and Collector to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at Auckland,

The Lyttelton Sailors’ Home fund benefits by the Akaroa excursion given in its aid some time ago to the extent of £855, The excursion realised £427 10s, and the Harbor Board gave a subsidy of £ for £. Up to last night, the takings of the Wesleyan bazaar amounted to £294. The Artillery Band performed selections during last evening. This evening theie is to be a promenade concert commencing at eight o’clock, the programme of which appears in another column.

The third annual meeting of the Christchurch Society of Arts was held yesterday. -be report gave receipts from last exhibition, sale of pictures, entrance fees, <feo., £195, against £BS last year. Ihe Society numbers 41 ordinary and 28 working members. The balance in hand is £3l.

Stanfield and Dark’s season at the Theatre Royal closed last evening, These gentlemen have bad a fairly successful run. If the members of this clever company confined themselves to legitimate comedy in which they shine, and dropped the musichall business, they would draw large circle audiences.

The parishonera of the Pleasant Point Anglican parish, are very much grieved at the prospect of losing the Eev. J. Chaffers Welch their pastor, who is to be transfened to another district. Mr Welch lias endeared himself to all those with whom h-. has come into pastoral contract. Patrick Fa an, said to be an er-detective of Sydney, a tempted to commit suicide by trying to jump overboard from the steamer B domahana on the passage to Ahckland horn t>e Thames. He is suffering from delirium tremens, and has been ordered to the Asylum.

The Under-Secretary for the colony baa teiegraphe I to the Christchurch Chamber of Commerce that the total number of sheep and§lambs in 'he colony on May 31st was 13,288,000, subject to a few slight additions. This shows a satisfactory addition to the figure of last year 12,408,000. When ihe Emperor of Austria saw the woodcut complete design of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne, he was so charmed with its Arch tectural proportions that, on learning that the builduig was uufinjnisbed h sent out a gift of 300 florins. Here is a hint for the Christchurch Gathedrd Chapter.

In the Supreme Comt Wanganui yesterday the action McGregor v. Boyd was resumed before the Chief Justice, and lasted all day. Up to the present time the evidence for plaintiff tends to show that the 1 teJohn McGiegor was of unsound mind subsequent to an apoplectic fit in February 1882, and that the defendant. Miss Boyd, from that date acquired complete control over his property and induced him to execute two deeds of gift, a will and a power of attorney, in her favor. On the other hand, the evidence of George Hutchison, the solicitor who prepared these documents, is that he received instructions for them from deceased, who perfectly under--tood what he was doing at the time he signed them. A large number of witnesses are yet to be called on each side. The case will not probably conclude till Tuesday or Wednesday next.