Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 64, 28 July 1868, Page 2

Local and General.

St. Jou.v'h Pumhiiv'tkiuan Cimucii Lvt-Tur-'roN.—A eoHKrogitUonal mcolJji/j will l)o held thin ovoiilug, when a haliuutc-MliCbl of rcoolptn and oxnoiullturo will ho road, and olhor inaiicrrt dlHcuHHcd. Kaiai'oi TitiiHiirrKKfAN Oiitmoii. — Tlio (•onm'i^aMon oil Uilh Chui'ch havo procured a lianiioiiliiiii to (ihhlhL (ho WKircd iuiihlc, Tho I liiHlniniont wan employed on Mnndiiy hwt, for the /Irnt tlmo, fflvlntf wreat Hal.lHHiel.lon. Thoro 1h no doubt that Uh uhowlH iiontrlbuto lai'Koly (owardn Iho objdot In (iiichUoii, IC.viapoi A.vNDAr, I'i.oiioniNa Matcjh, — KntrloH for thi« maleh will clohc to-morrow ovonliiKi at Iho Kulkiilnul Hold, Kulapol. wllli tho floorolnrlcH Mciihih .I'UHhhy and Kdwiu'dn, Tho muloli ll.Hulf l-akt-H pluco on Fi'ldny noxlj tho i\\ni liihl,, In Mr Jam oh MorrlHon'n Hlaughtoi'-hoiwo jxiddockn, on tho Middle Inland road. Ht, iJojin'm Cadj'.t Cotti'H, — A hilhcgllimcoUH cnlorlalnniont In aid of tho Cumin of thin oorp.s 1h to bo given In Iho Town Hull on Wcdiionday, Aug, J l2. Tho OhrlHkihuroh CUvlnty MliiHlrelH have volnntoei'od tholr Horvlooii, riH jilho havo (tovoral of oiu 1 loading vocal and Itinlrutnontal performed, and Mr Q, 11, Wllnon liiih cxprcHflcd lilh wlUlngncsH to oonoludo tho ovonlng by mindry inoHinorh! oxporlmcntH, Tho ntc.ndtot'H of tho corpn having Hhown thoniHelvoH very diligent and poi'Hoyorlnß In their drill, and being entirely without Government anßlHtancCj tnoy havo Homo claim on tho public for mippori,

lUNnnuvrov. —ThonmHV Topping, of AHhloy bank, .farmer, luw filed a declaration under tho Bankruptcy Act, 1867, that ho is unable to meet hia engagements Avith bis d'odJlorn, Mr Wynn Williams in solicitor for tho bankrupt. Tin; Sti!l!l'u:uha«w),— Tho silo for the refreshment booth, and tho copyright of the race- cards, will bo submitted to public competition at Mr VV. 1). Barnard's, at noon, on Thursday next. Tho purchaser oi! the site for (ho booth will have tho sole right of selling refreshments on the ground, and the stewards will also allow htm tho privilege of soiling al/ a bar fitted up underneath the tho Grand Stand, Tho .Stewards have entered Into a contract with Messrs Bennett and Todd for tho erection of! a grand stand, capablo of accommodating fiOO persons. Anoiknt oiti)mi0 iti) mi 01' Pouimtkiw.-- Tho annual Huppor was celebrated byfhorocmboi'H of! .tho Widows and Orphans' Fund, in the Foresters' Hall last evening. Tho supper was provided by ttrothor J. G, Osborno, and about forty persons sat down. ISrothor 1'.0.U, Ilobbs occupied tho chair, and Brother I\C,R, Pino, tho vice-chair. In tho abucuocof! tho Secretary, tho balance sheet wan not read, but wo understand that a balance of about £<M remains to tho credit of tho fund. Tho usual toasts wero given, ami Iho proceedings wore enlivened by somo good songs by various members of the company. Poiu/riiY Association, — A sub-eoinmltlco meeting of this .iiHsoclatlon was held at Whlto'ii Commercial liooms at 0 o'clock last evening. Tho busincHs oil tho meeting consisted in (ho nomination of judges, dassBlow'ai'(ls,&o. Considerable cuvo was exorcised in tho HOloctton of namoH, in order that the most) competent persons might, be appointed judges, Tho recommendations of tho subcommittee will bo submitted at a meeting of thcgcnoml committee to bo held before the day of show, Amongst other things, the mooting expressed a hope that exhibitors would not forgot to put the price on their respective pens, If! they do not dcslro to soil, (hoy can fix a prohibitory price, Puumo-.PNKUMON'iA. — Considerable uneasiness was created In town yesterday In conscquonco of a report being circulated to the cil!cct) thai tlilu cllflcnfio had mado its appearance In tho vicinity of tho Windmill road, U appeal's (hat a cow belonging to Mr Sponco. of ttottlo Lake, .Sandhills, was removed to Mrs Kills', on tho Windmill road, on Wednesday lust, Tho boast was observed to bo ill on Sunday night and was thereupon removed from Iho mob of cattle j and the people of tho house thinking that plouropnoumonla was Iho eimso of the Illness, ■roprtod tho ch'ouinatnnco to tho police. Mr 11111, tho Chioi! lnftpccior, being absent at the Iluninul, tho nor vices of! Mr Ifanklnri, vetoUnary mirffoon, wore procured, and ho proceeded to Mi's Kills' in company with subinspector Mulllns. On examination, Mr llanklns pronounced Mio cow to be suuoring from general dcblllfcy, canned by sevcro cold, bad footling, and JnHufllcionfc Hhcltcr,

OavaJ/HV Cur.— Tho Bovonth fortnightly competition for thin cup took placo at 1 lillrtborough yesterday, and resulted in tho prtoc bolng secured by Cornet Sloe, Thl« in the first time out oi! tho many competitions, In which tho minimum number ol! points has been made, and no little credit in due to the members of the corps for tho. persevering manner In which' thoy have endeavoured to roach tho desired number. Tho cup ban to bo won twlco boforo becoming private proporty, and tho noxt ilrlng will talco place on Monday week, Tho weather yoatcrday was anything but favourable, a still' non'-wcstcr and Juiiiy atuw>Hi>lioi'o, rendering tho firing oxtromoly difficult. The following are tho HCorcH, tho numbor of shots bolng flvo at each rango, with ilytho position and targotH i —

Tun WAiMAKAHint,— From the examination miuloijy Mr Loolcyoi 1 on Saturday, wo learn that the- discolouration of tho Avon wan duo to a miiull portion of tho Walniakarlrl overflow making Its way through Ilio old breach In tho upnor embankment, and tlowIng thence Into the northern branch ol' the river. Thorn was no water proceeding from tho lower ciinbankmonl, neither had there, us many wild, been a brcaeli made In It. A trilling stream of water wa« making its wav from the now point oil overflow near M'Lenn « homestead, but thin swept round above the Harowood Church, and joined tho river Htyx, The overflow from tho upper embankment followed tho old courso pust Templer's, a little below which place It was only half a chain wide by eighteen Inchon deep, and tho stream from M'Lwm's was only twelve foot wide, and nix lneho.4 deep at a point Just abovo tho church. Works are now In course of erection to obviate any further danger from the first-named point of overflow, and othei'H arc under consideration for restraining tho river at MToan'H, Thn ih'Ht will consist of tho embankment being extended by about one third Us present length, the now work being erected atasllghtanglo with the old, and In «ueh fi manner that Its end will rent against a terrace. Its height In to be throe feet above that of the heaviest over/low, tho present embankment being raised In jirouoo lion where tho two join, but gradually falling away to one foot at tho end nearc.it tho river. Tho protective work at Mr McLean 'k Is also to constat of. an embankment, but of what kind wo aro not yet fully Informed. Both will 1)0 completed before any heavy fresh la llkoly to como down, and such other measures will ho doubt bo taken by tlie Government as to secure Romclhing like immunity from furthor flood. i

Kcomwiaatioat*. — It was announced in St. Michael's Clniroh on Sunday, that thoJloly Communion would bo celebrated at morning service on Sunday next. Jn the evening a collection will bo rondo, tho proceeds of which will bo devoted to tho fund for the support oi! the clergy of tho parish. Tub Tu.vKKr., — Tho public will sec, from an ndvertlsoment in our columns, that the tunnel is again open for truffle. The time table will be found among our advertisement*. It is only necessary to add that the very earliest opportunity, after completing tlm works, has been taken to re-open tho tunnel. iSuioidk.— A niau named Geo. Mansfield, a atock-drlver, cut ids throat at \V. ll.McKellow's boarding-house, this afternoon. Immediately on the act being discovered, medical aid was wont for, but by tho time Mr Prins arrived, Mansfield was quite dead. An inquest will bo held on the body to-morrow. / 0. It. V,, No. 5. — An adjutant's paradd was called for mid-day yesterdays the tuljut taut, however, was mot only by two of the}, commissioned ollteors, the company having at their last general meeting passed a rcsolu-! tlon, which, we understand, lias been transmitted to head quarters, expressing thej inability <>£ the members to attend parades in tho (lay time. Confirmation. — Tho Nov. K. A, Llngard Informed St. Luko'n congregation on Sunday that his Lordship tho Bishop of Christchurch Is expected to reach Canterbury in the early part of Scptcmlwr, and that tho sacrament oi! confirmation would bo celebrated shortly afterwards. Ho desired, therefore, that all candidates should send in their names to him without delay, in order I hat they might undergo the necessary preliminary examination, Is ? Qiji:sT, — An inquest was held at Mills Hotel, Oxford Terrace Hast, at .') o'clock yesterday afternoon, before •!. W. S. Coward, lOsq,, coroner, and a jury (of whom Mr J. G. Osborne was foreman), on the body of a child two months old, named John Robert Portcs, who died somewhat suddenly on I'riday morning last. l)r Ncdwill stated that he had made a post-mortem examination of the body, mid found that the child had died from general debility, The jury returned a verdict o£ " .Died from natural causes,"

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