LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3490, 18 June 1879, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

I.O.G.T. —^An open Lodge entertainment \ a connection with the Rainbow Lodge, LyJ fo\. ton, will be given at the Wesleyan sob -j^, room, Lyltelton, to-morrow evening.

Union Insubancb Shabeb.— Messr t g Matson &Co sold, at their sale-room t j.faJ 210 shares in the above company. majority realised 12s 9d per share, the I al ftBC6 fetching 18s. 1 Thb Unhmpiotbd.— The tteam ro & r^\ ev fwasat work to-day in Victoria etre e t [preparatory to a number of men bei ag p i ace( j on to-morrow morning, to comr do^ lowering of that street from Mon« j. pa i B t rpnf Anypersons wanting earth for f £gincan obtam the same to-morrow morm «„ „„ ftnn i: cation to the foreman at the wor £f PP { FINANOB AHD WOHCB COS' tM HTBES — A meeting of these Committees w : \[ j^ v.l j 0

St. MiCHAKt'fl Enthbw .t NlfßKTfl ftn,. next of this attractive sen £ T*;7i T f AT^w! to-morrow We unders, and That'^e programme w.U contam a 80 ] ection of vocal £ nd instrumental music, m the iotorFal of th readings, which can ) fen of ° Jgre ;J

M HO iT T -» L i p HA T «.-In«mations from the Hospital Board LaTe boen .d . Mrs Pridgeon, matrc , n the Hospital, and M? n™ii- g f ' hose offlcos . the former at

t££? T -»B»GB.-Oouncillors Wilson, Lezard and Cr w8 accompanied by the City Surveyor, v»i . te d the East Belt bridge this morning. 7 , h6 work Wftß comp3red w f tL the a /T' *"* alterations in the letter forThl ™Ll? confcractor the Surveyor. The result- , of the vieit wiU be madfl know^ the next meeting of the Council. WAr M oo.— Toda vie the 61th anniversary o I the Battle of Waterloo, that celei*ik evenfc haTi °g taken place in the jear ibid., are, we beKevo, a few veterans ™°. took part in the battle Bfci" alive in fcbis j0 xony, and Ohristchureh is honoured by one r i the person of Lieut. Dogald Maofarlane. Xhere were no outward visible signs in this city that the day was remembered, and wera lk not for those whose bugluess it is to get up the memorabilia columns of the various almanacs published and thus preserve the memory of the occasion ?n a slight degree, it is probable the famous engagement wovld pass out of remembrance " as a tale tba,t is told."

Waipaba Eailwat Wobks.— ■ Up to the present time Mr March, tho immigration jfTicor, has issued 266 orders to the unem« ployed for work upon the Waipara, railway, tt is not known how many men are now on the work, but on Monday last there wore 140. ro-morrow another batch of 30 men will be

pent up. We understand that an enquiry is (being instituted into the statement made by |a correspondent to tho Star a few days ago, that able-bodied men could only earn from 2a to 43 per day on the railway. If this is discovered to bo the case a remedy will be found. It is the intention of the authorities .that able-bodied men should' be able to earn rfully six shillings per diem, and steps will be taken to give them an opportunity of so doing.

i SEBTOI7B ACOIDENT: NabEi/W ESOAPK.— ;.An Occident u-currcd tt<B- afleiuoon whoreby la hoi :owcs tilled, the Uapin whioh howiv an broken, and a workman narrowly oscapod .with h : i H f e. At tho intersection of Filmoy© rid Durban Btrcuta ißalong ditjh,iacon|!r;:o?. with the dujnago works, sk-cl Bcvo:s tbo greater pa.fc of tho load, ana If r virg or.lv ei'flicionb room for one tiap to pass convcro.il ip. The tlifoh at tha ond nearest to the roadway for about a difltrnco of eight ff3ieuddorly dips into a hole aouie ton fcot deep, a^id th'i is unprotected. About 1.80 t'l's aftomooa a ),ad \rei dm ing Mv Hopper's bikor'a ( 1. i, down Dutha'ti r( /oof , Bnd just as he was pneing fcb : s hole tl.e hoias swexrod to one B'do, and fell be." 1 foremost into it, tho fp'l sira?b ! ng'ono of the she .. lof the vehiolo, and throwing the driverclcai out on to a heap of mud. One of the workmen was at the ond of the hole whon the horse tumble i in, but he nnri^ci yd. climb, up bef.wron the nnim&l'a hind le^s,, and wn soan d..vwn from bis jr?il?ovT po3i(ion by his feP.ow workmen. Neither he nor the dilver wi/o in anyway hurt. The icon then rammonuitbo ta"kof cxlnciting the poor bruts, but it was bo tightly, w Jged infeo the hole that a ropo could nut be got unde; it. After some trouble a rops wji got 1 )i"id the hind legs, but the first pull caused the hoiva to stand up?n it 3 head, md before it could ba mo^ed fuither it vav Loilocated.

Tub Star Haabibm.— The New Zealand Shipping Company have reoeived adviuea of the arrival of the StadHairlem at St Vincent on June 14.

Tub Wbixingxok Fisb.— The rumour that- a man had been burnt to death at the great fire in Wellington on Sunday night, tuias out lo be quite unfounded.

f RE-rOEMINO VIOtOBIA SXBBBT. — The [Works Committed met yesterday morning and ; ißstruoted the Surveyor to put on a number of Lmeu at onoe at the wort of re-forming Vie. loria street a^.-ecd to at Monday night's meeting of tbe Council. ' Poxtmby.— By the ship Bed Gauntlet has arrived a very choice consignment of poultry and pigeons for Mr W. 0. Hill, of Ohrirj£ church. Tho birds are all of the breeds ir ,ost. sought after by connoisseurs, and have arrived in very excellent condition. Wobk foe thb Ukbmpiotbd.— Tba. Mandeville and Bangiora Boad Board c ,nd the Drainage Board for the same district met yesterday afternoon, for the purpc «& o f re . cciving tenders for the various w-^^^hioh they had decided upon letting. A^a^mbep o f tenders were accepted. Vigilahce of PoHOB^In., eoneequence of jeveral acts which might te M U be b J ou hfc under the head of JamW im l aTing b f en committed within theßoroi7. g i» o f Hanciora of late, the police have beer, on t h e alert to detect any act of the ki ; a a, and during the hearing of a^ case in^ 'jourt at that place yesterday it transpire^ that Constable Maher had been especially vigQant and through tho tactics he adopted., had been sucoessful in checkin^these lrr'agularities of late, _ "Back raoi*. thb' GBAVB.''~Mr Darrell torqdueed W% popula*.; play at the Queen's Theatre on Monday evening, when notwith- 1 . standing- the heavy downpour there was a' ! fair attendance. Both morning papers, wjbttei aevaiunga column to noticing SignorMorKft Opera, referred to Mr DarreU's drama iuavorycurtmaMer, one jouroA giving aa

UisZ Z { * BttlMr e was a firein the locality. made T! !?* Btr * Dg 2 that no mention » rmaei nei tver paper of the fire scene.