NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3816, 1 July 1885, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr Robert Gillies has resigned bis seat for Bruce owing to continued ill health. Mr James Reid, o! Milton has been elected President of the Otago Educational Institute.

There were registered at Timara daring Jane 35 births, 9 deaths, and 10 marriages.

The preserving portion of the Gear Meat Works, Wellington, has been completely destroyed by fire.

The water in the Goal Fit Heath mine at Greymonth has decreased sufficiently to allow work to be resumed to some extent. More pipes are expected shortly, Mr Ftanoia Duncan haa been elected second Coxswain of the Lifeboat, vice Mr Bam Graham resigned, and Mr Shaab is to to act as “ stroke,” that post being vacant by the promotion of Ur Duncan. The Waimate County Council have oommnnioated with Government in reference to the unemployed in that district. Over sixty married men yesterday applied for work at the Council office.

Wm. Baden, previously convicted at Wellington of sly grog-selling in connection with brothels, was yesterday fined £SO or three months’ imprisonment for sly-grog-selling. At a meeting at Wellington, Hia Excellency the Governor presiding, it was decided to establish a branch affiliate! to the English St. John Ambulance; Society, Lady Jervois is patroness, and Lady Yogel and Mrs Stout are on the Committee.

The criminal calendar at the Supreme Court at Wellington, to be held on July 6th, comprises four cases of larceny, one of horse-stealing, one of receiving stolen property, one of jewel robbery, and one of false pretences. There has been forwarded from Auckland to Wellington the first instalment of petitions in favor of prohibiting barmaids from serving in hotels. One petition, sent to Mr Peacock, contains 6317 names of adult persons, and the second to the Hon Mr Chamberlain, 6279 names. The statement of the captain and mate of the lonic show that the vessel when she struck heeled slightly to starboard, bat did not lose any way. The mate looked astern from the bridge, and said the water was very perceptibly dark-colored, as it sand or mud had been disturbed. The new Overseer of Works for the Gonnty Council, Waimate, Mr W. J. Black, entered upon his duties to-day, Mr Biliary, the late Engineer, retiring, In Me Black the Council have secured a man with an excellent reputation, In Mr Hillary they lose one of the very ablest men in the district, in his particular line*

A conversazione was held last evening la the Congregational Church, North street. The Church was decorated and converted for the occasion into a drawingroom, and mnaio and all the games usually indulged In at evening parties filled the time up wonderfully. The gathering was in every way a success, there being a large number of young people and their friends present, and the enjoyment never flagging. A letter received by the Ghristchnroh Farmers' Co-operative Association, from Sydney, states that some of the bntter pn up in Canterbury and exported to Sydney, had partly been Bold aa high as 2a per lb equal to the price of the beat New South Wales butter, and it was expected that I* 6d per lb would bo the average price for the lot.

The Supreme Court at Napier has been occupied in bearing the libel action Price v. the “ Evening News" Company. Price is editor ot the “ Telegraph,” and waa a candidate in the publican's interest at last Licensing Committee elections. The "News” opposed his candidature, hinting that he yrag too lavish in his patronage of whisky, and that fie would pe potter suited (or the office of inspector of liquors. Practically there was no defence, and the Judge gave a verdict for £IOO, certifying for cosjts in Chambers.

A Christchurch telegram says A case of some importance as affecting the interpretation of the new Bankruptcy Act with regard to fraudulent preference, was beard before Mr Justice Johnston to-day, J. M. Morgan, a bankrupt heteUkeeper, had made 9 payment of £lO to Vincent and Co., one ot )Mtf creditors, abpqt sis weeks before bis bankruptcy. The Official Assignee contended that under danse 27 of the amendment Act vf 1881, this amounted to a fraudulent preference. His Honor found that the payment had not been voluntary pn the debtor’s part, but the result of pressure Jby the creditor, and proper effect could not fee given to the words of the section unless it was a voluntary payment and not one to get rid of tfie debt. The Official Assignee’s motion to declare the payment void was therefore refused.

AWjBB Deacon. —" Deacon Wilder, I want yon to tell me how you kept yourself and family so well the past season, when all the rest of ns fiayp been sick so much, and bare had the doctors running to us so often.” “ Brother Taylor, the answer is very easy. I used Hop Bitters in time, and kept my family yell, and saved large doctor’s biils. Four shilnng9 ; worth of it kept us all well and able to work a)l the time, and I warrant it has cost yon ans most of the neighbours £lO to £IOO to keep sjqk the same time. I fancy you’ll take my medicine hereafter.” See Advt,