Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 59, 22 July 1868, Page 2

Local and General.

MAHiHTUiiiAr,. — There were no eases Hot dfjwn for hearing at the Christchurch Magintrale's Court this morning. Eaht Town Hia/r, — Some unprincipled persons destroyed two panels of fencing 01; the JCiiHt town belt lout night. Tlio fencing liui but lately been erected by tho Jlorougli (loimell (o protect (he shrubs about to he pliintcd in tho eenlro of the belt, and It Is (•/ident Dud Dm Aunuitfc him )ioan committed from pure mischief. Co.NmiKOA'rroNAr.Giruiifln, irnniivHoAh, — An cnlerUtlnment will be given in the above chapel to-morrow ovoning, connlsilng of readlngM and songs, Tbore will be no charge mnde for iidmlNxlon, but those who denim to aid In liquidating the debt on the Church can <uHili'll)iile on Iho close at the eutorlalument, Mr S, C, li'arr will preside. I foxier. Lhjknmcs.-"- Wo would remind intending applicants for hotel or oilier licenses ff the kind, that tho time for receiving applications for. (ho next Quarterly General Mooting of Justices expires on the first of next month, Tho meeting will bo hold on the first, of September, and thirty clear days' notice must- bo given, ■ Tub BTUHi'WJuiiAHKfl.— Contrary to «x---fioctntlon, the time for receiving entries for iJicso events, from ol her {Mvivlneos, haselajwed without any addition being nmdo to (be list published on Monday last, Up to the prosont tirue belling has been quiet, but n<»w Iliat tlie (jxiiet iiiiuiber of compel Horn Ih known, a little more spirit will probably bo evinced, The preliminary preparations are progressing nallrtfnetorllyj the homes entered arc all in (ictlve (raining, Puur.ro No'i'NJi'.s. —Mr Barnard, having completed tlio necessary arrangements, has throw ripen both sides 01. tlio on trance to his 'Jteponltory for Iho posting of public notices, Tlio flyntfiiu mliiplcd Is on tho same principle sw that h\ practice at most of the railway »|,!il.lons In England, the walls being divided into squares of equal dimensions, and let at .so much each por annum; The notices arc lo bo enclosed in frames, .with glass fronts, and pldced under Hid responsible charge of o»6 of the (!)iii>lt>)/fi», That Iho advantages thlif offered to buslncsH men is fully appreciated, baa already boon evinced by tho numerous applications made for space,

$Last Nioht'h Kn'pmh'l'ainmknt. — Tlio amount of proceeds shows that Uio number present liwt night in tlio Town Hall was 704 —> uiu|iieHi.ioimhly the largest asacmblugc that has over boon in tha building, AJmmkihation.— From iiovoral caraa which have come bofora the Honoh latoly» it appears that attempts havo boon made to defraud Iho Government, by bringing out man-led as single women. Tlio iiiodo of procedure appears to 1)0 thin. Homo person in tlio provinco jippllon to havo Aj described as a single woman, brought; ouT? Tito application Is granted, and, in, typ cases at leant, it has turned out llialfho single wonwui bad a husband along with her, who ha:i very ])roporly been compelled to pay (ho passiigo money of his wlffU Tlw Government bring dingle womciiro tho province free, and thoHO "dodges" are reported to for tho purpose of securing a paswigo for nothing. Wo do not, of course, nay that Iho persons making tho application to tlio Government bore, woro awaro that; tho persons on whoso account they applied woro nmr.rl.od, Mi'/is'rrNO» ow Cjikmtoiih, — A mooting of creditor in the estate of Theodora Dothloi. 1 , oarpontor and builder, Chrlstohureh, was hold at tho Uoglslrar's Chamber, at olovon o'clock this morning. Liabilities, an ohtimatcd by l.lio bankrupt, X.'ll!) )8h lOd i assets, £\\{) 18m i Hiirplus, Xl 2/5 18h 2d, Creditors proved to tho amount of, PM, Mr J, M, Graham was chosen trustee, and Messrs K 11. UlMliop and Joseph IJaldwln, nuporviuors. Mi' Wyiin WllilaniH is solicitor for tho bankrupt;. A meeting of creditors In the estate of Oorhclt William Oooko was to havo been held at ono o'clock, Tho liabilities In this estate, iuj estimated by the bankrupt, amount to £2715 11h, and the iiHHOIH to dil7<) IflH, deficiency, #104 1 Oh. Tlio mooting lapncd through non-attendance of creditors, Messrs Oarrlck and Cowllshawaro solicitors for tho bankrupt, Akahoa Town Hum,,— Tho annual mooting of Hhiii'clioldoi'rt In tho abovo wiw held In (be Library at Iho Hull, on Monday evening, Ilio 201.1 i litHt. Mr Scarbrough In tho obalr. Tho lion. Hoorolary, Mr T. Adams, road tho slalomonl; of receipt.!* and oxpondlfcuro during t;ho pnHfc financial yoar, nhowlng a balance of, #98 to tho credit of tho Null, The HOMvaUivy'H iwmomUm wove, patmed, and on tho proposition of Mr tiaxton a vote of thanks wan given to that olllcor and to tho retiring committee, Mr 0, if, Witcokorlo proposed and Mr G, Jlayloolc seconded, that for tb(> future the maniiglng committee shall coiiHlHt of throo niombnni and tho Hoorotary, which was duly carried. Mr T. Adams was re-elected lion, secretary, and tho Rev, VV. Ayhnor, with Mcnnvn Gco. Haylockand T.Jioh, Foltham, wan unanimously elected an the eommlltoo for the ensuing year, Tito usual vote of llianku to tho chairman cloned the proceedings. Local OitAiii'rri'.fl, — Tlio umatetu 1 porformanco In aid of tha charltablo iiifititutlonfl of CJirlnfcelnzrcli In to talco place thin evening, at tho theatre, Moro than ordinary notice in due to Iho event, and the pecuniary Hympatiiy of the general public can fairly be iwkod In ho good a oaune, Tlio neccHHlty of. huoli aid idiihlj bo fully undei'Btood by all cliihhch, and whon f/ilr reninnoratlon by rational ainiiHomont- Ih oil!ored for the asHlatanco Holleltod, a doublu claim Ih ostabllHliod In faeo of Hiicb a eoiiHldoratJon It In to bo hoped that tho appeal will bo liberally roHpondcd to, and a good liouho bo tho result. Ho far iw tho merlin of tlio entertalnmonfc may weigh in tho balance, the arrangementH cannot boprononnced other than of tho iuohl, Hatlnfactory nature, Tlio bill comprises three good ploccH, , and provioiiH efforts of tho porformerH havo boon no favourably received an to warrant a Hueeen.ifnl and Manufactory reiiult, Great caro haft been bestowed on preparation of tho pieces, and the Horvlces of all the gentlemen performers, together with the use of. tile UiwiUVi, aro given gruluitoiwly. Avon lload JJoaju).— Thousuul fortnightly meeting of this Hoard wan bald at tholr otllco, I'apanul road on Monday, J'retienti— Mossnt Abbott, Lalno, ifoycc, and Norman, In tlio abHeuco of tho chairman, Mr Abbott was oldcllid to ])rcsidc. Tlio Clerk reported tho credit balance at the bank to bo i£7o, lie also nl at oil that/ in compllanco with tlio TOfjuoHt made by Mr Joyeoat laMtmccl-lng,ho had made a cnlculatlon of uttmwscd value oil property, approiKihablo only by crofwiug tho bridge between rural Kootlons 831 and film, and found that it wan £877 100. Tho expenditure In that pnrt of tho dint riot during tlio pant two yearn had been XI O, Mr Joyce pointed out the groat dlHjiarlty between this amount and the rates levied by the Hoard, Ho considered that the I'tiniilciiiM had a fair claim to Home more extensive works being carried out for their benefit, and would movo that tho clerk iiihpeot the roudu, and report at neNt meeting upon (hi! bout means for repairing iliom, together with the probable cost. The motion wan seconded and carried. A letter signed by Mr J. L. Wilmm, and several other resident* In HI, Albans wan van], It. complained of the inofllclont drainage of the main road and requested that Koine Improvement Hbould bo oJVeeled, After a brief (llhciihhloii it was decided (bat the clerk should examine tho locality, and if be could make nrningcmcnlrt with (lie petitioner* to do (lie work (lieiiiHolves be might do mo provided (hat (he road wiui not interfered with, A letter was uh:o read from Messrs I.'. Tbich and William Wilson, asking the Hoard to deepen the drain on the North road near the Heven-mlle peg, the writers agreeing to pay one-half the eo.Mt. It w/w, after some conversation, resolved, that tho Mouvd could not entertain tho rerjtumt, but neriulsHlbn was grunted to deepen the drain, if done without expense to the .Hoard, and to the satisfaction of the elork, The clerk called attention to the drain running through Hie properly of Mr 'IC. 0.- Wright, which was causing much danidgo to tho neighbourhood for want of being cleaned, H« was Jnntruolcd to havo Itcleaned at once, Accounts amounting to i£27 Ish 7d woro passed and ordered to bo paid, after which tho meeting adjourned,

Tub .Fountain in High Stjibkt.— •Tho nuslaneo caused by tho water from tho fountain opposite Cobb and Co.'s oitteo being blown on to tho roadway la to bo obviated without tho objectionable fixing of ft tap, Two additional basins arc to bo fixed between tho present ono aud tho lion's head, thus breaking tho fall and preventing tho wind affecting tho water as at present, The Improvement will not however bo confined to tlilH ulono, for tho ornamental appearance of tho fountain will also bo added to, by tho alteration in tho modo of. carrying oil! tho water, ' PnoviNOJAT/ Accounts, — The I'rovlnelal TreaHuror'n statement of accounts for the quarter ending .June 30, has jiml been published, Tho receipts during tho quarter amounted to iU2fKV) I ft its -Id, including, among many mnnll sums, #'H,lO(i 1h on account of land revenue, U.WM on account of Woallaud contribution, and £100,000 on account of the Canterbury loan of 18(52. Tho expenditure during tho quarter amounted to /.27.072 10s Cd. To this must bo added £11,0-I.') Jls Bd, balance against tho provlneo at tho .Hank of Now Zealand on March .') 1 1 808, no w repaid. Tho balaneo In hand, on Juno no, was X18:2,6'10 On Id. JJut this balance in reducible by 17m Id duo to tho Hank of Now Zealand, Payment of this is deferred until a voto of (he Provincial Council has boon passed, I'iuu Pouch,— A jmoclal mooting of the mom bora of this foruo wan held in tho read. Ing room of tho Mro JJrlgado ntalion last nlglit for tho purpose of receiving the report ol! the eomniltlco appointed to consider what Hlejw fthould bo taken for enrolling tho force under tho Now Municipal Act. The following i« tho report alluded to i— Your committee having examined tho Ordinance at proHcnliJn I'orco for this city find (hat no »peelal provision Is made for the enrolment of a body to bo called tho Fire Police, and that an tho dato of tho enrolment of the proHunt I'orco will shortly cease, would «uggo3t that tho .Borough Council bo requested to fraiito a «l»ort by-law for tho purpose vi mlfdiifi 1 a r<)i'(ic o(! Ji'li'o .T?oH<!<s to act In connection with the Iflrc lU'lg/tdes In saving property and proncrvlng order. Your com* mlttco would ulho miggc.it that tho Council bo rcqucrtlwl to advcrll»o for tho names of pcrhoiih willing to join In tho formation of iv force for tho next term, and that tho number ho considerably increased, in order that a body to bo called tho fcjalvago Corps may bo CMlabllrthcd for tho purposooC acting lor special purposes at tho neono oil a fire Your com- 1 mitteo having heard ol! the proposal to hand ovor tho hook and ladder truck to the Vivo Pol 100 for thorn to work would notify their difwont to ouch a proceeding and wouldHuggcfci; that tho Interests of tho public would bo better nerved 11! tho dulloa of tho Flic Police remain an hofotoJtoroi" Borne dlseusslon look plauo. uj'wui tlu! ropoi't, and a vcmolullou wua pafiflcd to tlio effect that It was desirable Uai; tho JJorough Council should tako tho neccs» wiry ritcpfi J!or gobbing tho Ordinance amended ho an U) enable ' tho force to bo properly enrolled for v further term of hci'vlco, The furthor coiiHldemtion of tho report was postponed for a fortnight to obtain the answer of tho Council. Land JJi;jm>ino anj> Intkatmbnt Sooihtt — A public meeting, convenoJ for tho purpose of. organising a now society of this] dcHCi'liHlou, was hold In tho old Town Hall last nlfjht at hali'-paafc hovon o'clock. Mr W. J). Darnard occupied tho chair, and about 200 poriMMiH wore present. Tho chairman Htatcd that 1)0 had for four yearn been cluvlrinan ol! tho first society of tho kind inaugurated In Ghrlstcliiireh, and It had boci t<ucuoHafitlly worked out in eight years, giving tho greatest satisfaction both to investor and borrowers. Ho know many of thoHo who had boon connected with tho above willing to tako shares In a now society on tho same prlnolpio, Tho success of the old society was in a ' grail, mcamirc attribmablc to tho economy with which It was worked, thoro being only ono paid ofllccr, and a slnillar courso wo\ild bo adopted in conducting tho now ono, it was Intended to adopt the rules of tho parent society, subject to ono or two trilling iimcndmcnlH; and ho would call upon Mr Alliiion to rend Ul3/11. Mr Alliipi read tho proponed amendment! upon tho old rules, pointing out that tho chlci 1 alfcemUoiirt'rcfori'od lo tho l'alo of InJ-erest! and tho liiMoi'lion of a clause rendering it conmulflory to roalinc, If funds accumulated for which thoj'o may bo no demand, desultory conversation ensued, nfXvr which it was resolved on tho motion of Mr Alklnm>n, Unit it now society should bo formed, and the rules of No, l Society adopted until the Hist general mooting of tho shareholders Tho chairman »ald tho society being formally established, tho )ioxt biwlncss would bo to appoint oillcors to lake tlio management of ivft'ali's until a sufllolont number of nliiii'o.l had boon taken up to enable tlio final appointments to bo made. Tim promoters of tho society, had drawn up a list of names, and Hliggeslcd their adoption by I In; mooting, These wore next mibinlllul by the m:v.i'iilai'Y f and approved as follows :—Trustcos—W. Wilson, Col. Paoko. 11. K Alporl, John Andorson, 10. W. Hlhlioi), and .lolin Olllvier. Trariiircr-NV. 0. Jtnlian, B<:<ic f c« iary — C, Allison, m:nr, The bliaro llht wiw, no.Nt opened, and ;)00 wliivros taken up, aner which It was resolved on tho motion of Mr Harris, that tho following gentlemen bo appointed a provisional committee— -W, J). Hurnard, 1101111 Alklnson, C, V, Money, J, C. AtkliiHou, I), ,1, Halo, Goo, Tombs, Tlios, .1, ICiinlon, Hamuol Manning, and John C'artmau. Tho HihL iiKictlng of tho committee was appointed to bo hold on Tuesday noxt, to make aiT(Mij{(;mcutH for the first general meeting of Hlmrolioldoi'M, In reply to Mr Dale, the chairman mild that tho Town Hall had been engaged for the monthly meetings of the society, after It had become properly esiabllbhcd. Tlio rent to bo paid would bo tiVi per annum, Tho Secretary \vi\a empowered to receive entrances at his office, at the City Weighbridge. A vole of thanks to the chair then terminated tho proceedings.

iNQUKSTfI.— Tho innuest upon tho body of Arthur Watts, found in tho Kiver Avon, yesterday morning, was held at the Carlton Hotel, tin's afternoon, before J, \V, Coward, Esq., the district coroner, The facts elicited wore substantially the name as those which appeared in our yesterday's notice, and a verdict of "Found Drowned" was returned. Mr Bcavcll wiw reprimanded for not enquiring after tho deceased when ho found that he did not return to work. An inquest was hold at Lyttelton this morning, before J)r Donalnd, on tho body of Henry Phillips Moycr, who was nccideutly drowned in iv well, After hearing tho evidence, the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."