RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2075, 26 June 1878, Page 4

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

TlMAßU— Tuesday, June 25. (Be'ore B. Woollcombe, Esq., R.M.) DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. An inebriate, who] pleaded guilty to a first offence, was mulcted m the sum of ss, or the usual alternative of 24 hours imprisonment, with heard labor. CIVIL OASES. Judgmont was confessed m the following cases : — J. Juckeon and another v. Or. Wetherall — Claim £9 10s. Henry Whitaker v. Richard Rees — Claim £1 13s 6d. G. Small v. F. Wrigg- Claim £1 15s 6d.Judgment by default for the amount and costs. T. W. Fyfe v. A. Evans— Claim £4, 14a. This being a judgment summons, the defendant was ordered to pay at the rate of 10s per week, or 'in default, one month's imprisonment with lia^d labor. A. Ormsby v. T. I< ield— Claim, £28 3s 9d. Mr White appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Hamersley for the defendant. This case had been adjourned from a provioua Court day for the purpose of looking up authorities bearing on the case. His Worship m delivering judgment m the case said that the cluim was altogether over £100, and us it was hot competent for the pluimifT to divide the cause of action, the Court had no jurisdiction m the case. He would therefore nonsuit the plaintiff. A lengthy discussion took place as to the question of costs, Mr White maintaining that if the Court hud no j urisdiction m the case his Wor.'hip could not order the plaintiff to pay costs. Ultimately, however, his Worship ordered that the costs should be paid by the plaintiff. J. D. Rogers v. A. Harper — Claim, £6 11s 9d. Mr Hamersley appeared for the defendant. The caße was non-suited by consent, with COStS. ; RE-HEARING. Mr Perry said he had attended the Court for several days, m expectation of a re-hear-ing of the case of the Borough Council v. Royse, Stead, and Co. being applied for. He wished to know whether it would be done that day. Mr Hamersley said he was not then prepared to go on with the case, and asked for a further adjournment. His Worship refused to adjourn the application, and struck it off, Mr Hamersley intimating he would apply for it again next Tuesday. ' The Court then adjourned.

OPENING OF THE NEW ROMAN |ii CATHOLIC CHURCH AT GERALDINE. ■ ■« : lc [Fhom our owx Cobhesposdest.] I tl The Catholic Church here, though not com- I , plete, is yet m a state of forwardness euffi- j £ cient for occupation, and the opening service C was held on Sunday, 23rd ir.st. Greit im- * proveinents are being made by the Road '■ *• Board m clearing off the flax from tho | P neighborhood and forming a portion of road ; F so as to allow of easy access to the church, |° but it is t(? be regretted that the work was ! a not taken m hand sooner, a* the lato bad \ P weather ha's proved ;i great hiuderance, and : ' though eventually there arill be a goo:l roa 1, ; T yet at present the attempt to rea^h the church, j I is attended with greater ditliculty than if J nothing had been done. . The style of the building is that known as perpendicular aothic, and ita outward appear- , ance is very striking und beautiful. At the western end i 9 an elegant spire, surmounted . bj a gilt cross, the height from the ground j line to the top of the cross being 72 feet. The interior dimensions are aB follows : : Length 40 feet, width 28 feet, height of walls from floor to springing of rouf 16 feet, aud from plate to ridge 18 feet. The present building, however, is but a commencement., it being m contemplation at an early period to make such additions as will give the church . the shape of a Latin cross, with a length of 110 feet, including transept. The Banctuary ( , will then have a main alter, and two side ] chapels or altar 3. ( The present tacristy and Banctuary, it will 1 thus be seen, are but temporary ; Mie latter is ] • very elegantly decorated with white, blue, and 1 gold. Here, of course, stands the altar, '. i which is m white and gold, and of a most '. i chaste and elegant design Immediately i i above the altar is a beautiful stiiined glass I i window, representing several scenes described I m sacred history. i ' From the altar and the window the eye ' 1 naturally travels upwards to the roof, which, ' ' by its massive and ornate character, is calcu- ' lated to excite the admiration of the beholder. ' 1 The timber of which it ia composed is totara, ( and was brought from Peel Forest. It has been stiined and mo<t elegantly wrought, and persons capable of judging can see at once ~ that it is of the soundest description, and without knot or flaw. 1 The walls are wainsoDated to a height of 1 five feet, the remainder being plastered, and ] a battlemented cornice of plaster or concrete , ' running all round at the junction of the walls | with tue roof. At the western end is a , 1 gallery, occupied by the choir (of which more j [ anon). This is lighted by n, second stained j gluss window, with emblematic religious sub-j-cts. These windows, it need hardly be said | 1 are the first, of their kind m Geraldine, and . J add much to the beauty of the sacred edifice. , 5 The Building Committee, or those Gentle- i . men who have taken active interest m bring- > ing the building to its present, satisfactory ' . stage, are Messrs James Anderson, John t Kennedy, Kyrun Brophy, Ed. O'Connor, . James Gre^an, Alexander W. Macdonald, and t Andrew Lysaght. These' gent.vmen, with commendable foresight, secured several bpc- ■ tions of land, having frontages to three 1 streets, removed a Bhort distance from the t main road, and delightfully situated m close s proximity to the Raukapuka Bush, which . forms an admirable^ background to the j church, and affords the spectator an opportunity of admiring at tho same time the j works of nature and of art ; so that the words ; [ "Beautiful for situation," are eminently apt plicable to this building. Fine as ia the m- ; ! ternal appearance at present, its true beauty , will only be apparent wheu completed and j enlarged to its full intended size ; and it is 3 stated by those who have had opportunities 3 of judging, that when this is the case, the , Catholic (Jhurch at Geraldine will be one of v the finest m Canterbury. I The work was undertaken by Messrs i ( Whittuker and Young, who appear to have j faithfully carried out the pluns of Mr M. de t H. Duval, the architect employed by the . Committee. This latter gentlemau, we bej lieve, has only lately come among us, and if „ this " holy and beautiful house," i 3 a sample of his abilities, it is evident that a new era m 9 architecture is about to commence m South B Canterbury. The cost of the building is . nearly £700. j Lovers and connoisseurs of music must t have experienced great enjoyment m listenf ing to the strains which proceeded fiom the ! choir, who had come from a distance to give J their aid at this opening seivire. Hiss Al. 0 Morlcy presided at the harmonium iv an ad- [ mirablo manner, and was most ably assisted t by both male and female vocalists. The ser--3 vice commenced bj the choir singing " Let us r adore the Lord of Glory," followed by Webbs mass m G. At the offertory, the hymn f "Jesus my jGod," and at the Communion, a Beethoven's hymn, " Ah, what is this enchunts ing calm." It is to be hoped that a choir V will be formed, and an instrument procured, f as soon as possible, as these ladies and gentleJ men cannot be expected to attend on every 1 occasion, and though the native talent availp able will not be for Bomn time equal to the r performances of last Sunday, the fervice is 3 not complete without the aid of music. 1 The clergyman officiating was the Key. . Louis Fauvel, who said that tho Bishop, Dr Redwood, had been expected to open the church, but had been prevented from doing bo. His Lordship would, however be at Geral- * dine shortly, and would then consecrate the building m due form. Had not the Bishop promised to be present, he would have endeavored to lay before his audience a description of what really constituted a church of God ; but., under the present circumstances, i ho thought he could not select a better subject • on which to address them than the love of God — "Thou shalt love tho Lord thy God with thy whole heart." He said there were three questions arising out of these words. , * What is the nature of love? Under thi« head a very able and lucid explanation was J - given, and reference made to the description i given by the Apostle of the three Graces — i "These three, Faith, Hope, and Charity (or love), but the greatest of these is Charity " — and to this being the Grace that should enI durewhen knowledge, tongues, and prophecies ■ should have passed away, Secondly, " Was this love essential to salvation ? By all Scripture it was conclusively proved to be so. i In this connection the Rev. preacher stated •* that when the Japanese first heard of the truths of the Christian religion they manifested great surprise at the thought of the Saviour having lived on the earth, and died for man's redemption. Their surprise was • . increased on finding that » command had I i been given to love the Saviour, as they thought * that love would flow spantaneously from men 1 m virtue of so much love ; but their astonißh- c 1 ment was intense when they were informed J i that there were persons who did not love : God, and they inquired, with seeming m- i i credulity, "In what country did such persons 8 live? Referring again to the words of the ' Apostle, it appeared that powers of language, 6 prophecy, knowledge, faith — even alms-giving, J i or giving up of life itself — would profit nothing without love ; that without this crowning grace "we ore as sounding brass, or tinkling rymbrels." Thirdly, why should we lore God ? We should love Him " for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ;" but chiefly for Hiß great love manifested to us m our redemption from eternal loss. One day m the great city of Alexandria, a woman was observed crossing the market-place, bearing m one hand a vessel of water, and m the otbor a lighted torch. On being asked the meaning of her doing so she said, " I wish that with this water I could extinguish the pains of hell, and that with this torch I could set on fire the whole world, so that men would love God, not through fear of torment, but because He has loved them." To part may be difficult, to suffer for Christ may be painful, but to love Him is easy and delightful. The reverend preacher wound up a most eloquent discourse by an earnest appeal to love God m sickness that they might love Him m health ; love Him iv adversity that ;hey might love Him m prosperity ; love Him

n poverty that they might love Him m reilth ; loye Him to day that they mig'it ove Him to-morrow ; love Him m time th:it 1 hey might l>re Him m elernity. Btforethe sermon Father Fanvel announced j hatjihere was still v debt remaining on the J 3hufch of £300. He expressed his thanks to hose who had already contributed, both 3athohes and others, and exhorted his jarishoners to use their utmost endeavors to jay off the debt, towards which the offering >f t'le day would be devoted. Accordingly, 1 collection was mide from seat to seat hy lentlenien undermentioned, who took d-'wn hen une of earn contributor, with the amount promised. I hecol'ectors were — Messrs Kyran Brophy, John Kent edy, James Gr gan, fames Anderson, Andrew Lysaght, Jeremiah 3oni>lly, James O'Malley, and Alexander llacrionald. The amount of the collection ivas £57 17b 6d, and no doubt would have seen considerably more, but that many persons were detained from attending by the threatening appearance of the morning. The clouds, bowever, passed away, and the day, though 3Xtremely cold, was fine throughout.