NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 3861, 22 August 1885, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

On the fourth page of this issue an interesting story entitled “ Two Sides to a Story,” has been commenced. It will be continued every Saturday till finished. A well-known native named Ngspaki Tepuni fell down dead on the Petone beach Wellington yesterday.

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on Crisp, killed at Dunediu by a dynamite explosion. The Police report that several hotels in certain wa'ds of Auckland are evading the decision o( the Licensing Committee as to extra bars.

A meeting of the unemployed at Auckland resolved to ask the Governor to employ men at road making instead of breaking stones.

The Napier Borough Council has passed a bye-law, devised with the purpose of patting down the Salvation Army processions order.

A child eleven months old, named Martha Malustica, daughter of German parents at Flat Bush, Auckland, has been choked with a plum stone. Kirby, a contractor, has issued a writ for £2560 against the City Council of Auckland in connection with several contracts with the Council terminated and completed at bis risk.

Mrs Edith O’Gorman Sufltray, known as the “ Escaped Nun,” is expected in the colony by steamer Arawa to give* a series of lectures of the Cbiniqny type. The Dog, Poultry and Bird Show at Dunedin is a great success. The entries comprise 302 in poultry, 131 in canaries and song birds, 152 in dogs, and 34 fancy pigeons. 1998 forfeited shares in the Southern Cross Petroleum Company were sold by auction at Christchurch yesterday. The highest price obtained was 6d, at which 40 were sold. Fifty were sold at 6d, 275 at 4d, and 283 at 3d Mr H, L. Forster applied yesterday to His Honor Mr Justice Johnston in the Supreme Court, for an order to restrain the District Court from adjudicating on the case Hansen r. Sanderson. The applies* cation was made on behalf of defendant. Mr Joynt, instructed by Messrs Perry and Perry, appeared for Hansen. The applies* tion was dismissed with costs.

Antone (juchenell, a lunatic who killed an armed constable at Taranaki, and also Mills a patient in the Auckland Asylum, a couple of years ago, has hanged himself in Auckland. He broke the wire on which the sashes of the windows are hung end tied it round his neck, drawing it until he strangled himself. At the inquest a verdict of suicide was returned.

The Trustees of the Dunedin City Sinking Fund hare applied to the Jndge for a direction. The City Council contended that certain sumo had been paid to the Trustees as a sinking fund on loans in which they were not required, as these had been placed to a common fund and invested. The Judge was asked to decide how the surplus could be recovered. His Honor de* elded the best way to do so would be by a friendly trial. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Napier, the Native Lands Disposition Bill was discussed at length, the following resolution being ultimately adopted :—" That this Chamber is of opinion that the Native Lands Disposition Bill as brought down by the Native Minis* ter, is not calculated to promote the settlement of the country.

There are signs (writes the " Argus’s ” London correspondent) that the Papacy is meditating a change in its attitude towards certain of the European Governments. The ultramontane journals are suffering discouragement. These newspapers, “more royalist than the King ” himself. lately found a champion in Cardinal Pitra, who gave it as bis opinion that they spoke the mind of the Church upon all occasions. To his intense surprise, no doubt, the cardinal found himself in conflict with the Pope, who, in a long and important document published in Borne, laid it down that the Church must be judged by words of the Holy See and none other,and that his will alone was paramount. Cardinal Fitra hastened to make an apology. It was humble, not to say debasing, since the cardinal professed bis submission In all things to the opinion of the Holy Father. Having taught this lesson to the more rabid supporters of the Papacy in the Press the Pope has now called tor the resignation of the manager of the ' Journal de Borne,’ who is also the Borne correspondent of the Paris “ Universe,” and the resignation has been given.

A man named John Malenoir was found dead at Deep Stream, near Dnnedin. He bad been left to hare a rest by a man who was travelling with him. A leading Edinburgh writer informed “ Truth” a few weeks ago that he expected that in tbs coming autumn nearly every castle and mansion will be shut np in Scotland, The moors may let well, but the agricultural depression in the North ia so great that the lairds cannot get their rents as formerly. Fat Scotch cattle are being sold by the farmers at about 41 and 6d the lb, while the butchers do not hesitate to retail it at lOd to Is and Is 3d a lb. What (says the writer) is wanted in Scotland is an Encumbered Estates Aot.

An Adelaide plumber named Carroll murdered his wife on August 11 in a moat brutal manner. They had quarrelled, and Carroll struck the woman on the head with a fire bar, knocked her down, and rammed the bar into her head. He delivered him* self up to the police, when they found a severe cut in his throat, and a superficial wonnd on his head. It is a matter of doubt as to whether the wounds had bean inflicted by himself or by the woman. The woman was Carroll’s second wife, and she had also been married previously. Both were adicted to drink, and the woman had a most violent temper. When the Qarmoyle-Fortescue incident was being discussed in the English papers it was stated (and never contradicted) that the "gay deceiver" successfully resisted bis parents’ entreaties and tears, and was firm In his resolve to the actress nntil a certain noble dnke told him that if he married Miss Fortesene, he could never present his wife at Court during the lives of Her Majesty or the Heir Apparent. The dnke referred to was His Grace of Biohmond, who has rewarded the young man’s sacrificial aot by appointing the new Earl Cairns to be bis private secretary. Becently the body of a man was found banging from a tree in Battersea Park, London. It was at once taken to the mortuary, where the following letter was found in the clothing ” I have been out of work for eighteen months. My wife has a private income of her own, and has deserted me, taking the pride of my heart my little daughter, with her. This is the third time 1 have tried it. Hoping this will be successful, also that I shall be forgiven by my Maker, farewell.” The “Tablet” says—We are glad to learn that ajbranoh of the Society of St, Vincent de Paul for women has been founded in Dunedin. The object of the Society ia the relief of the poor, and it has always been fonnd to work most successfully wherever it has been established. The active members meet onee a week to sew for the benefit of those who are in need of clothes, and their duty is also to attend to the wants of persons recommended as honorary members, to visit the poor in their own particular districts, and the sick at the hospital. It is, however, forbidden by the rales that anyone {shall neglect her own household in order to fulfil these duties. The Society does not limit its attention to members of the Catholic Church but irrespective of creed or denomination enbraces in its shere people of every form of belief, and it is also open to nonOstholies to become honorar y members. Wicked fob Clergymen.-— “ I believe it to be all wrong and even wicked, for clergymen or other public men to be led into giving testimonials to quack doctors or vile staffs called medicines but when a really meritorious article is made up of common valuable remedies known to all, and that all physicians use and trust in daily, we should freely commend it. I therefore cheerfully and heartily commend Hop Bitters for the good they have done me and my friends, firmly believing they have no equal for family use. I will not be without them.” Rev. ——, Washington, D. 0., U.S.A,