NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3804, 16 June 1885, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

There are 56 J.P.'s in South Canterbury. The Hutt Park Bailway Company bare declared a dividend ot 10 per cent. The number of sacks of grain received in Timaru by rail up to the 13th, was 164,983; by road, 65,264 ; total 239,247.

The Garrison Band last evening, after parading the town, serenaded His Honor, Mr Justice Johnston, at the Queen’s Hotel. The new Erupp wheels for the crane Samson are now being put on. They are unquestionably superior, as one may observe at a glance, to anything else of the kind.

i six-roomed dwelling-house at Oxford, belonging to Stephen Dally, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. It was insured for £7O in the National Office. The origin of the fire is unknown,

As a consequence of the proposed formation of a paid Fire Brigade in Dunedin the present body have tendered their resignations, to take effect in September. Not many of the members feel inclined to accept the terms offered by the City Council for a paid Brigade. The bronze statue by Lawson of the late Mr W. S.Moorhouse,which it is proposed to erect in the public gardens, Christchurch, is expected to arrive shortly cither by the Aorangi or the Rimutaka. At a meeting of the Committee, held this afternoon, it was decided to request His Excellency the Governor to unveil the statue.

At the meeting of the St. Kilda (Dunedin) Licensing Committee,the Chairman made a strong attack on the police for their report in regard to the drunkenness prevalent among women in the neighboring district of South Dunedin. He characterised the report as uncalled for, unmanly and untrue.

Booth’s temperance mission at Wellington is closed. In his last address Mr Booth said his mission hero had not been so successful as he had a right to expect, and he had not taken so many pledges as he had in Christchurch, Dunedin, or Auckland. An immense number of Volunteers paraded to hear his lecture on reminiscenges of soldier life. Bight ot the officers present, including the Chairman, Major Crow, and a large number of Volunteers, took the pledge.

A young woman named Elizabeth Harris made a deliberate attempt to commit suicide yesterday at Wellington by throwing herself down the hold of tho steamer lonic, falling a distance of 30 feel. She fell on the keelson, but was conscious on being brought to the deck, when the repeatedly said she intended to kill herself, ns she was tired of life. She was removed to the Hospital, but it is feared her spine is injured. She is a \vomanj and bad ( been drinking

The promoters of an Irish Volunteer I Corps at Temuka have let their enthusiasm cool down since the war agitation,was over and have decided to abandon the idea of forming the proposed Corps, An inquest was held yesterday on the body of a domestic servant named Margaret O’Brien, in the service of W. J, Courtney, of Ponsonby, Auckland, who died suddenly after vomiting. Dr Knight said after an analysis he concluded the symptoms were similar to those of virulent poisoning. The deceased said she had been eating green lemons. She had been only two d’ys in her place, and was friendless there but said she bad a brother in the South. The inquest was adjourned to Friday. Harry William Shepperson, who was travelling New Zealand four years ago as agent for the Lydia Howard Burlesque Company, has got into difficulties in Melbourne. He has been obtaining letters belonging to a Mr William Shepperson, from the post-office, in which were invoices of goods value! at between £2OOO and £3OOO, and on them has been endeavoring to raise money. He was arrested, and on being searched an extraordinary discovery was made. Fawn tickets relating to a quantity of valuable masonic jewellery stolen some time ago from a case belonging to Messrs Armfield Bros, of Collingwood, which was in the Exhibition were found on him. One of these articles was a solid gold cross, worth about £4O, on which a pawnbroker had advanced £lO 10s, By the nnexpeoted finding of these pawn tickets, what was considered a mysterious robbery will be cleared up. PovEBTT AND SUJTBEING.—'“ I WQB dragged down with debt, poverty, and suffering for years, caused by a sick family and large bills for doctoring which did them no good. I was discouraged, until one year ago, by the advice of my pastor, I procured Hop Bitters and commenced their use, and in one month we were all well, and none of ns have seen a sick day since ; and 1 want to say to all poor men, yon can keep your families well a year with American Co,s Hop Bitters for less than one doctor’s visit will cost. I know it,” A Woekikg Man. Bead advt,