Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 424, 23 September 1869, Page 2

Local and General.

«. Acclimatization. — The usual mon'hly meeting of the council of this society will be held at the Literary Institute, at 3 p.m., tomorrow. Lecture. — By advertisement in our columns, we notice that the Rev W. J. Habens will deliver his popular lecture on the " Pilgrim's Progress," illustrated by dissolving views, in the Colonists' Hall, tomorrow evening. . ' Governor's Bat. — A popular entertaini meat will be given in the schoolroom ten 1 morrow evening. A capital programme has been issued, and no doubt there will be a large attendance. ', St. John's Cadet Corps. — We understand that a concert is to be shortly given in aid of the funds of this corps. The committee are unfortunately somewhat in debt, through an unavoidable cause, and they appeal to the public with confidence. ; Band of Hope. — An entertainment in connection with the above was held in the Temperance Hall last evening, Mr E. St. Quentin chairman. Readings were given by Messrs H. Nettleton, G. Waters, W. H. De la Mare, Pearce, and J. G. Baker, which were loudly applauded. Songs were given by Messrs Gahagan, G. Waters, Miss Bennett, P. Smith, and W. H. De la Mare, which were all encored. A speech from Mr Bennett terminated the proceedings. Lyttelton Colonists' Society. — A meeting of the members was held in the Colonists' H all on Wednesday evening, the business being to pass the amended rules, as recommended by the committee; the president occupied the chair. There was not a large attendance of members. Mr Weyburne moved that the meeting be adjourned, but owing to the want of a seconder, the motion was not carried. The rules, as recommended, were then read. Rule 11, which places the election of a librarian into the hands of the committee

instead of the members, was opposed by several of the members. On a show of hands, however, it was carried. The new rules, as a whole, were afterwards put and carried unanimously. The annual meeting for the election of officers will take place in the second week in October. S. John's.— The final entertainment of the series in aid of S. John's school improvement fund took place last night, and was well attended. All the pieces were well received, and the proceedings passed off most satisfactorily. The programme as earned out, comprised harmonium solo, Mr R. Parker ; the glee, " See our oars with feathered spray," the choir ; Hu lah's song, "The Storm," Mr F. Hobbs ; "A Traveller's Tale," by Dickens, read by the Rev. Incumbent ; Chorus from Der Freischutz, the. choir; song, " Then you'll remember me," Mr H. Thompson, (encored) ; reading, " The evils of a wig," Mr Hobbs ; part-song, " Ripe Strawberries," the choir ; song, " The skipper and his boy," Mr R. Parker (encored") ; glee, " All among the barley," and solo and chorus " Rule Britannia "by the choir. The entertainments have, we understand, defrayed the cost of laying gas into the schoolroom and fencing in the play-ground, leaving a small balance in the treasurer's hands. This is highly satisfactory, and we congratulate the parishioners upon the improved appearance of the school-house and grounds. Magisterial. — At the Christchurch Magistrate's Court, this morning, the following cases were disposed of before C. C. Bowen, Esq., R.M., and G. Hart, Esq.: — Margaret Clark, drunk and disorderly, one month's imprisonment; Emma Craigie, wilful damage to private property, two mouths' imprisonment; Bridget Fennock, using improper language in a public thoroughfare, remanded for medical examination as to sanity ; Francis Edwards, vagrancy, one month's imprisonment; Ellen Lynch, larceny of a purse from Mrs Langdown, in Messrs Strange and Co.'s shop, committed for trial; William Brook, cattle at large on the Lincoln road, 10s ; James Evans, cow in Colombo street, ss ; James Francis, horse in Oxford terrace, ss; Cyrus Davie, four horses in Armagh street, 10s; Edwin White, driving cattle through the city during prohibited hours, 10s; Richard Vizer, driving a goat in the city during prohibited hours, dismissed with a caution; Walter Hartnall, plying for hire with a licensed 'bus off his licensed beat, two informations, fined 10s each ; Robert Falloon, also 'bus driver, leaving his vehicle unattended by a responsible person, 10s ; and plying for hire with an unlicensed vehicle, 10s; Peter Smith, leaving a horse and trap unattended in a public thoroughfare, 10s ; James Blake, Al Hotel, keeping his licensed house open for the sale of liquors during prohibited hours — Sunday morning last— fined £5 ; Matthew Henry Oram, Golden Fleece Hotel, Robert Beattie, Warwick Hotel, and Harriet Hart, Borough Hotel, similar offences, on the same day, each fined £5 ; Wm. Moir, Central Hotel, similar offence, dismissed ; Joseph Brunt, Mechanics' Hotel, adjourned until Thursday next; Mathew Longden, assaulting his wife, one week's imprisonment; James Patterson, abusing James Blythe, dismissed, at the request of complainant, who had accepted an apology ; James Davidson, assaulting a boy, 1 1 years of age, named John Henderson, fined 10s.— At the Lyttelton Court, before W. Donald, Esq., R.M., J. Illingworth, W. Kennell, and D. Dhnond, owners of one horse each at large in the town, fined, respectively, 5s and costs.