The Southland Tiems. PEBLISHED DAILY. Leceo Nov Uro. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 1882.

Southland Times, Issue 4498, 9 December 1882, Page 2

The Southland Tiems. PEBLISHED DAILY. Leceo Nov Uro. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9th, 1882.

Held Oveb.— A leader and several items of local interest are crowded but of this isSUe. _'./": •. . ■• r ; V:' //. K •"■,!. ; Kew CH.jd'RCH.r—The opening of the Dew church erected by membe<s of the Primitive Mc'bodiat'persuasioa, near One Tree Point, takes place to-morrow. The services (morn* ing and-*e*ening)'will be "cdndacted by the Bev.D. Dutton. n \'- t -iT. y ■4 Reform M»*ch Requitied. — The Mataura Ensign .says that' what; can only be regarded . in the litHt of a miraculous escape from a - serious accident pecured' on the Sbow ground ' ( there. dnjTuesday.' After leaving the rine, . .pine oiE the lady riders cantered round the Icr'ojvd and..,rode. o.ver , a perambulator in, which was ah 'nfani,B6rirof Sir T. B. McNeil.' The perambulator was considerably damaged, 'jb'ut fortunately^lbe cKiJd receiVed' no' ve/y •evere injuries.— The , Ensign in, another c plafe comments ,on the absence at these , shows of feMpeCßp^ces for Blowing. horses and cattlej'thef ornier we^ gen^alij fl^tne most" nettle^ome sort ; and with still greater and merited severity, of^the prftQtice^of j^nes- . Hr^ans chia^-giW^ thrbug|i the crowd; ok^jthiese; odcaaions'aa' if their horses J Jiatf "tiken charge of them,

|ijshd£|tea- WaUwka *rom'_the Kat'oi places mi I w||§n i they^nvite^ eatenderiifer' scfiool .WilT^uce as hi» subjecit for address "^The place and meaning of baptism, as set forth in the New Testament." - T^CSrdKtec.'^^This Hal fenioo'n a" matca will |«, tflaycdf on ? the/Saßtern Keser.ye .between j iift-me^Vfl^jtffiWTercargm .#igfejQlubl and'the One Tree Point JClub.; Wickets will|be atote^raJNbp£m«iihjM^and^emb£ra^{^he^ ceaWsdected who are H6T6n~lße'gr6uindrat t^at time, will have their places takenitiy members trfthe-I^:^ j IsvfißOAßatti. ORPH^tra ;& Bfi '&•*£— The members^ of ithe :ciob gave last ni^ht,. in Bamsay's Hall, one of the most pleasing ebtertainmente that have taken place for a considerable time, The programme o very, l|beralone,7was ont with pronounced 1 -snecees, both the instrumental and the vocal selections being rendered .TWith^noticea|ie" 9kill^,||^jmnß^|pti(|ffi<o£Jthe t wjpSre^ indebted ln^sinall degree to the : pleas^t^ehin^affoWed' themy - Th^ ?fill^d^jMiß|;P;indlaj' and i3ffr ■ Hotbp^'^Sl ; - «■■ I \ A; (^pyr^^bßiiß^r^'b^ncl^; lo^lgi^ : 6i " the Orieit of. ;D^i<Jfl j^^bjout to be a tM^^t^.tV.' I4nie hilte^&re*olu|aon ; to that^elfeot^h|pli^ b;een nhaniinously ;carried at a well-attehdea preliminary-meeting'held on Tnesday'nJßhri; at Mr Hammond's hotel. Mr Cooper was-ap- , pointed secretary,|vpyd:tett., and "Mr Bennietti. .cprresppiiding'isiecretary. •;.- A 'sketch , pf ''the ; iOrder^bf : Druids ji since its foundation in 1771, was given feby:BrOi,D. G. Striith^ secretary of it^ft^corh/ Lodge; Invercargill, after which the meeting adjourned till Monday. -'' BICH AND MISERABEE.~One Of OQWO extraordinary men in Auckland is the Rev. W. Comrie, who has lived in a house at the top of \^estsojaeen street for forty y*eaw. By. -i lendingmohey he has hccumulated an enormous fortune, but the habit of saving has grown* upipn, hitn . till he could not fiad it in his heart to afford to himself the common necessaries -of . life. ■ He lived in ? a ruinous hpuse, in a. state of squalor and dirt which was shameful to behold. A few days since, he was -removed from the tumbledown dwel- , ling and taken ojli' to hislnephew's farm at Pukekohe. . ■ Oub Local Artillery. — A telegram has been received by Mr Feldwick from Colonel Pearce, announcing that the Defence Minister has approved of the proposed amalgamation of the two batteries of Artillery now" existing in Invercargill, into a new corps, to j be enrolled, during the ensuing month, under the command of Captain Feldwick, with Lieutenants R. Taylor, and M. A. Ashenden,, next in rank. The Colonel adds that the other officers of the G- ' and K Batteries wilt retain their present ranks in the Regiment of Artillery, until such time as vacancies oscur in; their respective ranks in the battery, when they will be required to resume duty.