Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 65, 29 July 1868, Page 2

Local and General.

Maoi_ti'iiiai„— -Thoro woro no canes sot down for hi. tying at tho Magistrate's Court this morning, Tin- l.Mi'iui- Cor.oimi-n Vaiww yTjiowj . —•This troupe arrived this morning by tho (.omening, und will appear iv tho courso of a few days at Iho theatre, Hi-niNiiHToN,— At a mooting of tho School Commltleo lust evening, ton tenders .for tho erection of uiiehoolroom and muster's house, wero opened. The oommltloo picked out from amongst Ihein the tenders of Messrs Hankln and Grolg, Allan and Son, and Joseph Kline, and determined lo reserve theii.' decision uh to which of MioHcnhould bo accepted till Monday evening, the JJrd of August. Ski.wvn Hi-i'iti'HiiMi-NT Hou.MM,— Tho following tenders were received for tho carrying out of the allorallons and additions at tho Selwyn Hofroshmont rooms, mentioned iv our columns a fewdays ago:— J. Shoolhrald, _,'!iO/5 l()s. A, Lusk nnd l.\ Jiyndinun, _•__«. Hankln and Grolg, __-H 15s- and Joseph Wood, iliA..- 10_. Tho lender of MesHtw Buiikln nnd Grolg law boon accepted. Woodknd VOI.UNTI.I.IIH.— ■ This company paraded yeslorday far Inspection by Adjutant liookes, The ■muster was very fair, and tho Adjutant expressed himself highly pleased with tho men. There hi little doubt that tho Woodend Company will go ahead again with ronowed vigour. Tho company will hold a meeting shortly for air election of ofllcers tb fill vacancies catiHod by the resignations -ol Lieutenant Lozard and Ensign Powell. St. John's Pkichiiytuiuan Cnuuoir, Lyt-thi/i-on.—A congregational mooting was hold last night, whon thu balanco-shcot was read, There I . an amount owing by th<? church for ushlhluiicc received during the absence of a settled minister. On tho motion of Mr Wright, it wus raolvod thut n leu meeting bo hold In a month • and on tho motion of Capt, MoLollan, it was resolved that a bazaar bo held early in the month of September,

Luoai/, — Wo understand that tho case McKay v, G, H, Mooro (action to recover damages for ncduotlon) will not go for trial, a Hottloment having bcon como to by tho partlen concerned. Biw_. Sooii'ty.— Tho quarterly meeting of tho Committee oi! the Canterbury Auxiliary Bible Socloty will bo held In the sideroom of tho Town Hall, at thrco o'clock, to-morrow afternoon. 1) 100K8AN Synod.— lt ban been decided that tho Canterbury Diocesan Synod shall meet on the Oth September next. The session will necessarily be oil short duration, as the Cantorbury _ representatives will bo obliged to leave the province for tho purpose of attending tho Genera) Synod, which is to bo held at Auckland on Monday, the filh October, Banks Ti.ninsola .I'liKsiiYTKitiANCiiimoii, — At a meeting, held in Pigeon Hay, on Monday last, after service, it was resolved thai a general meeting of the congregation should bo held In l'lgeon Hay, on Thursday, August 20th, at 1 o'clock, to tako stops towards the Holtlomout of a minister, The Hey. J, Macintosh, of Lyllolton, consented to preside. Michtino ok Cui'DiTon.. A meeting of creditors In iho estate of William Howdcn, formerly of lilghlleld, In the province of Nelson, cattle dealer, but now a prisoner for debt; In Lyttelton gaol, wan llxed to tako phico nfc tho liegi_trar'_ Cl_imbcr, at eleven o'clock this morning, but no creditors attended, Tho liabilities amount lo about ....<)<), and there are no assets. Mr Wynn Williams in Hollcllor for tho bankrupt, Xj'oi'dLAK ICntkjitain.mknt-.— The third of tho Horlcs will bo given In tho Town Hall on Tuesday evening next, commencing at the usual hour, The Very Bey the Dean of Chrlslehu. eh will deliver the opening address, and tho progrummo will comprise. a gloo, a reading by Mr 11. 10. Alport, n recitation by Mr Shaptor, a vocal nolo by Mrs Lloyd, a reading by tho Hoy E, A, Llngard, and a Christy Minstrel song and chorus, The proceeds of last night '« entertainment amounted to within a fow shillings of _tO. Stiikkt IMWIOVISMBNTB.— Somo timo ngo the Horough Council directed their attention lo tho Improvement of crossings, by providing covered drains at the junction of streets eroHflod by wator flowing from tho artesian wells in various parts of tho city. Soveral placcn woro no dealt with, and proved a greatly appreciated boon to residents In the Immediate vicinity, as well as to pedestrian... The work hns now however boon entirely discontinued, although not carried out to anything liko tlio extent required lo rondor it of general benefit to the city, Some of the principal crossings have been entirely overlooked, and it Is necessary that attention should bo drawn to thoin, with a view to having what can only be deemed a great nuisance in our principal thoroughfares removed, $A Wkbt Coast Mkm»_i..— Tho Wclllng"ton correspondent of '.he Otago Daily Times, writing on July 22, thus describes tho nppcaranco and Htylo of a Wost Count mombor while speaking on the Treason-felony Bill i —Mr Timothy Gallagher followed in a style fur more fitted for a digger's drinking crib than a ehlof Houno of Legislature. Ho talked about a man ''going In for v littlo bit of a burst," about ••ohol.ee," about " 300 Fonlanif being any day an good as 000 loyalists — preloaded loyalists — when it eamo lo ajpush," and a great deal of similar stuff. Mr Bell took him and others to task about stirring up tho dirty watora of tho past, passed a well-deserved laudation on tho Ministry for what thoy had and hud not done during ihe Hokltika troubles, and told' Mr Gallagher and his Mends that the loyal people of tho Colony required that tho Government should bo armed with the fullest powers necessary to pre flervo .the quiet, peace-loving colonists from tho terror occasioned by such persons an thono who took part in the late Illegal doings. Mr 801 l did it In bin best stylo, Suiomi". *— Considerable excitement was created In tho neighbourhood of tho trlunglc yesterday, In consequence of a report that a man had cut his throat In Uncle Tom's (M'lCellow's) boardlng-houHo. Tho facts of tho caso aro theso i— About ono o'clock in tho aftornoon, blood was scon to drop Into tho kitchen from the room above, The person Upon whoso arm the blood dropped at once nunpoctcd that something was wrong, and, Informing Mr-M'Kcltow of tho circumstance, proceeded lo tho room in question. On opening tho door, the floor of tho room was neon to bo covered with blood, and a man named George Mansfield, a stockdriver recently .in the employment of Mr J. Grlgg, was lying on the bed, his throat cut from ear to cur. i' rom the position In which he lay, ho must havo committed the act In a sitting posture, and then reeled over, Au ordinary pocket-knife of two blades (with tho larger of which Mansfield had inflicted tho wound upon himself) was found lying close beside him, Mr M'Kcllow immediately despatched messengers for Mesnrs Prlns and Patrick, surgeons, who arrived a fow minutes afterwards. They found that Mansfield was still alive i and, in the hope that ho might be brought round, they ordered the doors of the house to be closed, and Die clrciunslunec to be kept an quiet un possible, in a short time, however, Mansfield expired, notwithstanding that everything was done in his behalf, The cause of nulclde wan altogether a mystery. Mansfield returned from the West Coast on Saturday last, und hud been staying at Mr McKelloiv's ever since. Since his arrival in town ho had not been known to drink to excess, He wus seen by an Intimate acquaintance about an hour before lie committed tho act of flolf-destruetlon, and at that time nothing unusual in his demeanour was observed, Tho deceased was a native of Hobart Town, and, so fur as is known, was an unmarried man, An Inquest wan held ou the body before Mr Coward, coroner, at tho City Hotel. thbr aftornoon, nnd tho jury roturncd a verdict to thoci.cot that deceased committed sulcldo whilo labouring uudor temporary insanity. 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Kaiapoi Institutk,— The usual monthly committee meeting will tako place to-morrow evening, in the library of tho Institute. Tun Gr.Ni.nAi, Asskmiily. — It will bo soon that Mr Fox has tnblcd a very important resolution for the purposo of extracting a distinct ntatcment of the Government policy with regard to Native affairs and Constitutional reform. Mr Pox's motion comes on for discussion to-morrow. Ga__tti;. — A Provincial Gascttc, dated July 25, contain, n proclamation by his Honor tho Deputy Superintendent, o.tabll..hIng a public pound nt Oxford, nnd tho appointment of it. K. Kcnrick, as poundkeeper. A list of publicans' licenses, granted nt the Annual Licensing Meetings held at Lyttelton, Kaiapoi, and Timaru, and a return, for the Juno quarter, of diseased sheep in tho province, conclude tho Gazette, Ouimian Asylum.-- A meeting of tho Managing Committee of tho Orphan Asylum was held at the Borough Council Chambers yesterday afternoon, for tho purpose of receiving and considering applications for the oflice of Matron. The Bey. G. Cottcrill occupied the chair, nnd the other members present were the Hey, J. OB. Hoare, Dr Deamor,aud Messrs Hawkos, C. Chirk, and L. Huvnur. Eleven applications wero road by tho lion. Hccrcpiry, nnd nfter some discussion tho appointment was comcrrcd on Mrs Goodlson, Tho concert in aid of the Orphan Asylum, by Mr llowloy and family, will take place nt tho Town Hall on Wednesday, the Oth August The list of patrons is a long nnd intlucntlal one, nnd it Is hoped that the amount realised will bo considerable,