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Southland Times, Issue 3154, 22 July 1878, Page 2

CHAMMoy PiorjGHi.if<j.— A. meeting of the members of the Inreroargill Champion Association was called for Saturday afternoon | at Galbraith's Hotel, Don street ; only thsecretary, treasurer, one member, and a -reporter were present, to th*t no business of - a tangible nature was done. It now remains to be seen whether the Association will die a natural death owing to the apathy ef members. Omission. — The following olause of the report -of the Sailing Dir ct'on-i Commit cc was inadvertantly omitted in our report of the Bluff Harbor Board on Saturday : — " 7. That the voluntary resignation of Pilot Smith, xnd the appointment of Pilot Maodonald by the Harbor Hoard, renders it unnecessary for your committee to take any additional action in the matter." Thb Mayobalty. — A meeting of the supporters of two of the otndidat.es, Messrs Kingsland and Lumsden. was held on Satur day afternoon at the Albion Hotel, for the purp se of considering the position with the riew to the retirement of ©ne of them. About fifty ratepayer* were present, and after careful delibera ion t was decided tbat it would be advisable for Mr Xi gsland to retire. This decision was arrived at chiefly on the grounds thit Mr i umsden not having been mixed up with the recent disagreements between the councillors and the Mayor, wou d be, if returned, more likely t > promote harmony in the debates. Roth sides pledged thmselves to use every effort to secure Mr Lumsden'* return. Mr Kingsland readily accapted the position, as appears from his notification published elsewhere Hospital. — The official report of the Hospital for the week ending 2 1st July, states that there were during that period admitted, 4 males | discharged, 4 males j died, 1 male ; leaving in the Institution, 14 males, and 4 females. Tbe patient who died wa< a man, Bobert Parsons, aged 72, who was admitte > on the 15th, and died on the 16th, from a chronic bronch al aflfeotion. He hd been a miner at Nokomai, and it is <uppo<ed that he bas a brother living at Port Chalm r». Billiard*. — Ihe last of the series of exhi* bition billiard matches between Messrs * oberts and Shorter, came off on Saturday night at the *lai»i Hotel. The attendance was not by any means equal to the merit of the performance. The game was one of 750, Sbprter receiving 275. Koberts won easily, having made three breaks of 110, 112, and 152 respectively, by aU round play. The Champions then play-d the best of three games of pyramids, Roberts giving one ball. The first wat won by Roberts, the soore b ing 8 to 7. The second one was all Shorter' s own, but be had the misfortune to lose his own ball, when Roberts went in and cleared the table, win nng the game »J»o by one ball. A Wobtht OgjBOT. -The sad ease of the Piokflns,who lost their all by the fire in Twe-d street l->st Tuesday week, has not passed out of remembrance, and as was sugges^d at the time an effort is to be made to re'ieve their necessities by subscription. Mesdames Gillies, Bonthron, and Hatoh have written to the Mayor, asking for his 00-operntion and any suggeiliopi to promoted the end in view. His Worship promptly replied, and promised to have subscription boxes placed at the various polling places toiday, so that all wh* were charitably disposed might contribute to the need of the distressed family. We commend this to our readers, nothing doubting but that substantial response will be made. Half Mikstbkls — The debut in New Zealand, of " the fa'ented Minstrel troupe, known as Obeevers. Kennedy, an.rj Ben's, tiikes place this eveningat the Theatre KoyaL The troupe is numerically stron?, and remarkable for the tdent of the members individually and ppjjeotively, and when we state that MrVMei&n tyhnqusea, r ate of the opera company of that name, is, associated/ with ip.as oandootor, our readers wjll understand tbat the entertainment pf this and sucoedmg.'evenings, promises to be far beyond average. TbefAu-tralian paper* teem with favorable notiaes-of the troupe, We bope to sjaethgm welcomed 'by an .overflowing, bouse. . J r B.M.s CouaT.— An elderly man named ) James Kilbride was, on Saurday, committed : for medical examination, -haying been charged [ with being of unsound mind. I