CHRISTCHURCH.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2022, 28 June 1875, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH.

Saturday.

The total value of the city property this year is £150,626. With the usual rate of Is in the pound, this will yield for general purposes is £7,531. The in* crease in the value of property daring the past'twelve months has been £37,621. The Collector of Customs has held inquiries in the case of three vessels which had sustained damage at sea. The captain of the barque Speedwell stated'that' the vessel on the voyage from Newcastle to Lyttelton had sustained damage through stress of weather to the amount of £300. In the case of the barque. Fleur de Marie, the captain stated that on the voyage from Newcastle to Lyttelton the vessel had sustained damage through stress of weather to the amount of £40. In the case of the barque William Griflbrd, the captain stated that when, the gale commenced on June 5, the vessel was lying at Qamaru, arid was obliged to put to sea. She ran before the gale to Lyttelton. The damage sustained amounted to £120. , The members of the Jewish persuasion : intend forming a local committee to obtain a subscription towards the .memorial to Sir Moses Montefiore, originated in England. The Press this morning has a coarse article on the knighthood of Sir Julius Vogel. It says the order of St. Michael and St. George was originally invented to distinguish people for doing nothing in particular, and has recently, been furbished rap for the colonies' use, and being cheap and nasty, may be awarded to colonials, without apprehension, and in a; quantity that-may, atone for its deficiencies. It says Sir Julius Vogel long hankered after this flimsy distinction, and has perpetually pestered the Colonial office to get it. From firsts to last he has secured the services of journalistic touts and claquers. The article concludes as follows :—" There are some who will be disposed to think that if in the future it should be necessary to send to England a public representative, the .colony, will be represented by a man of education and a ■gentleman,'. rather, than by a travelling tuffchunter, with the tastes and habits of an itinerant showman, and we do not hesitate to say that we should heavily agree with them." '