Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 700, 20 August 1870, Page 2

Local and General.

Lyttelton Burgess Roll. — His Worship the Mayor held a Court yesterday for hearing objections to the list prepared, but no burgesses attended. Total Abstinence Society. — An entertainment is announced for Monday evening, in connection with the above, in the Hall, Gloucester Btreet. Magisterial. —At the Christchnrch Magistrate's this morning John Fish, third appearance, was fined 20s by C. C. Bowen, Esq., R.M., for having been drunk and disorderly in Colombo street yesterday afternoon. Ltitelton Volunteer Artillery. — We are glad to learn that this company has received an accession to its members. On Friday evening there was a capital attendance at the drill, and the cadets mustered in good force. We understand that a general meeting of the Brigade will be held shortly. Wo regret to learn that Capt W. H. Hargreaves has been compelled through ill health to send in bis resignation as captain of the compacy. Theatre Royal. — The performances last night was devoted to a benefit for the supernumerary members of the company, and a large audience assembled. " After Dark," a sensational drama, illustrative of the dark side of London Life, and savouring somewhat unpleasantly of the extreme, constituted the dramatic portion of tbe bill. A series of aerobatic feats by Messrs Barrett, Briggs, and Ingleson, with comic singing, made up the evening's entertainment, wbich was more or less appreciated by the audience. " The Evebgbeen." — Such is the title of a marine and coast view executed in native woods of the colony unstained, by Mr J. R. Dry, of Picton. The work— and in a very material sense it deserves the title— contains nineteen different kinds of wood, in about 4000 pieces. It was commenced in 1866, and completed in 1870. Mr Dry has since exhibited it in Nelson, Wellington, and other places. It bas attracted a great deal of attention, and bas been spoken of in terms of warm admiration. Mr Dry purposea to exhibit tbe picture in Christchurch as soon as be has made the necessary arrangements. Fire Police. — His Worship the Mayor attended at the City Council Chambers, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of swearing in members of the Fire Police for the ensuing twelve months. The following gentlemen were sworn in : — Michael Br ennan Hart, William Pratt, A. A. Dobbs, Fredk. Lane, G. Fletcher, H. Bennetts, John Anderson, W. R. Mitchell, Joseph Munnings, H. E. Alport, A. Martin, Francis J. Smith, Wiliiam Jones, John Suffield, John Dunkerly, John Quine, George Oram, James P. Jameson, John Hart, J. V. Ross, and James Grey. The next sitting of his Worship the Mayor will be duly notified. Agricultural and Pastoral Association. — A meeting of the committee was held yesterday afternoon in the offices of Messrs Wilson and Co., High street. • On the motion of Mr Duncan, Mr R. Wilkin was voted to preside, and the other members present were Messrs Washbourn, W. Norman Shand, Milne, Fantbam, Mitchell, Graham, Gebbie, W. Wilson, and E. B. Bishop, hon. secretary. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The sub-committee appointed at last meeting to revise the prize catalogue brought tip their report. The alterations recommended by the committee were : —fat sheep, to include both sexes instead of wethers only. A prize to be offered for the best carrier's horse, mare or gelding, to bave been in. use three months previous to the show. Also one for a licensed cab driver's horse under the same conditions. The pony class to be described as " ponies or cobs ; " section 38 of that class to be " cob or pony mare or gelding not exceeding 14 hands." A prize of £5 to be offered for the best jump by a horse or pony, height to be not less than four feet, and the trial to take place at 3 p.m., and each animal to. have three trials at every rise. In pigs, the first class to be " boar under six months " instead of " under twelve months," and the fourth class to be " Young sow under six months " instead of " Young sow farrowed since January Ist, 1870." In the poultry, the third prize of 5s in each class to be withheld for the purpose of adding six new classes to tbe prize list, divided as follows : —Three in the Hamburgbs, two in the Polands, and one in Brahmas. A prize to be offered for tbe best pair of ducks, and best pair of fowls, dressed ready for table. In implements, prizes to be offered for the best horsg rake {£2), woolpress (silver medal), Oanterbury made saddle, with furniture complete, sale price not to exceed £5 5s (silver medal). Ia local manufactures, a prize to be offered for tbe best sample of hops, not less than 56 lbs iu weight; and that all cornsacks, gunny bags, and woolpacks should be made of New Zealand dressed flax. All these recommendations were adopted, except the additional classes for Poland andßrahmaPootra fowls. On the suggestion of Mr Miln it was further decided to give a prize of £5 for the beßt double furrow plough, and one of £1 for the best clod crusher ; also, on .he suggestion of Mr Fantham, that a prize of £2 be offered for the best horse shoe; and, on the suggestion of Mr W. Wilson, that each entry of cured pork should be not less than 5 cwt. The list of private prizes, as already advertised, were also included in the catalogue, which was finally adopted and ordered to be printed. Arrangements were made for cutting the gorse hedges of the show ground, after which the meeting terminated.

Christ?* College Grammar School. — la consequence of the unsettled state of the weathep , it has been found necessary to postpone fhe annual sports till Michaelmas Day. Confirmation. — His Lordship the Primate will hold a Confirmation at S. Luke's Church to-morrow. The service will commence at three o'clock in the afternoon, and will, we believe, be performed chorally. A special collection will be made in behalf of the Sunday School. Lecture. — The Rev. R. S. Bunn delivered a lecture at the Kaiapoi Institute on Thuraday evening on " Man, and how we were set a-thinking." The lecture in itself was a decided success, but on this occasion the programme submitted by the Popular Entertainment Committee was not carried out. The lecture had been divided into two parts, in consequence of an announcement made by the committee, "that during the interval, musical selections had been promised." This promise not having been redeemed, the Rev. gentleman proceeded with the lecture, which was both humorous and instructive, and concluded the same in the space of half-an-hour. His Worship the Mayor, who presided, said he had to apologise for the musical part of the entertainment not being carried out, as the gentlemen who had promised their services were unavoidably absent. He then proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Bunn for his lecture which was unanimously passed. The Rev! lecturer having returned thanks, the audience, a very large one, dispersed. Lecture. — Last night, Mr F. J. Garrick delivered a lecture on the Catacombs of Rome, in the Wesleyan Church, Montreal street. There was a very large attendance, and the Rev. J. Aldred presided. The lecturer, after a brief Introduction of the subject, first proceeded to describe the early condition of the Church before the persecution, and afterwards explained the origin of the Catacombs together witb the purposes to which they were applied. He then showed that after the persecution the Catacombs became the refuge and resort of the Christian church. He dwelt at some length upon the inscriptions on the tombs and those in the Vatican as symbols illustrative of the doctrine, belief, and rights of the early church. Having placed bis audience in possession of a comprehensive account, he proceeded to contrast the inference to be drawn from these symbols with the practices of the church of the present day, the whole forming a most instructive and interesting dissertation. Tbe audience listened with close attention throughout, evidently appreciating the able manner in which the subject was handled, and a vote of thanks was warmly accorded at the close of the lecture. The Unbmploted. — There were thirtynine applications for work made at the Immigration Offices yesterday, as follows : — labourers, 27 ; brickmakers, 2 ; groom and gardener, 1 ; brushmaker, 1 ; gardeners, 3 ; Btation cook, 1 ; coach blacksmith, 1 ; miners, 3. They have accepted the work offered by the Government at 3s, 3s 3d, 3s 6d, 3s 9d, and 4s, according to number in family. Mr March has prepared a list of applications, which shows tli3 names in full, age, occupation, number in family, came to province from and per what ship, date of arrival, length of time out of employment, name of last employer, length of time with him, rate of wages received, reason for leaving, and scale of wages now given by the Government to each applicant. Out of the thirty-nine applications made at the Immigration Office for employment : — two had wives and i children ; two bad wives and 4 children ; four had wives aud 3 children; ten had wives and 2 children ; two had wives and 1 child ; two married and no family ; and seventeen were single men. In reference to a statement made in a letter published in our yesterday's issue, to the effect that the charge to a single man at the Christchurch Lodginghouses is £1 per week, Messrs Wraggland and Gowly, proprietors of Clifton BoardingHouse, inform us that they have charged only 12s 6d per week for tbe last eighteen montbs ; single meals, 8d ; and beds 6d. --^The Cltoe Robbery. — The Dunedin morning paper of Aug. 16 gives the following particulars: — A telegram was received yesterday morning by the Provincial Government, announcing the fact that, with the exception of two bundles of notes, amounting to about £550, and a parcel of 30 oz of inferior gold, the whole of the treasure recently stolen from the lock-up at Clyde has been recovered. It had been secreted in four different places, extending over a distance of forty miles. The offenders are in cuatodyJ Later in the day we received the following^ additional particulars from our own correspondent at Clyde: — A shoemaker, named Rennie, residing at the Arrow, having been arrested on suspicion of the robbery, confessed his guilt, and took the police to where the treasure was planted. The whole of the missing property — with the exception of about £600 in notes, which the thief is said to have lost— has been recovered. {Suspicion attaches to a member of the Police Force who was stationed at Clyde, and a magisterial enquiry is to be ||held to-day _ • A telegram subsequently received by" ' the Provincial Government says: — The prisoner Rennie has confessed that his shipmate ind companion in the old country, Malcolm M'Lennan, concocted the robbery, and found the false key for the outer door. He also kept watch whilst tbe theft was being committed. Rennie and M'Lennan arrived in the province on the 19th of March, 1869, in theE.P.Bouverie,from Glasgow. M'Lennan, shortly after his arrival, was taken on as a constable, in which capacity he was employed when the robbery took place. Rennie was a warder in the hospital at Queenstown until about three weeks since. Our Clyde correspondent telegraphs two hours and a balf later, as follows: — The magisterial enquiry resulted in the prisoners being remanded for eight days. Rennie made a further confes sion. The police and everyone besides are jubilant.