LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3492, 20 June 1879, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Accident. — The express train for Dunedin broke down at 10.30 .his morning, and was detained at Ashburton one hour and ten minutes. Football.— The match C.F.O. v. Southbridge will commenco at 1.30 sharp tomorrow. There will be lunch at Warnor's at 12. All substitutes are requested to turn up. Suddbn Death in Addington Gaol.— A prisoner named Oharles Brown, who received a sentence of three months at the Sesident Magistrate's Court, on Monday last, for vagrapoy, {was found dead in his bed this morning at Addington Gaol. Deceased had been drinking very hard before being sentenced. An inquest will be held to-morrow. Cottbsing. — Mr _. Back, general manager, Ohrittchurch Railways, has intimated to Mr W. G. Walker, secretary, Canterbury Cour.ing Club, that singlo fare tickets to Oamaru, issued on the 23rd and 24th instants, will be amiable for the return iourney up to Saturday, the 28th instant inclusive. A loose box will be placed on next Saturday's express for the safe conveyance of the greyhounds. '■■ Land Tax Objections.— So far as is definitely known there have been^ lodged about 2800 objections to the land tax in the Canterbury district. The list will be finally made up in a day or so, aB any objection bearing the 'postmark of June 18 will be valid. A numberof suburban objections bearing the postmark of June 19 wer» received to-day, but these have been placed on one sido as too late.' / The Unbmph.yed.~Aii additional number fof married men were pat on at the Viotoria [street work this morning. It is the intention 'of the Works Oominittee to absorb aa many as possible of the unemployed who have I families until the amount determined on by •the Oity Council has been expend-*.. So far !asis at pre*. nt known, the SycWaham OounIcil hire not commenced aMr •xtraordinary (work: to their Borough iot iki !W^3__tfoyea

. Fowl Stbalixg.— Th« fowl stealers, who Iseem to have been quiet lately, are commencing operations again within the oily. • oi th " mon » n g a fowl-house was entered m Gloucester street east by the removal of some palings, and a whole roosf> containing about a dozen fowls, swept clean away. The* house must hate been closely watched 1 by the thieves, as some coal having been miewd the previous night, ono of the inmates kept lentay* until 4.80 a.m., and ifc was between that -tan* and 8 o clock that the fowls were Btolen. Thb UnßMPw*____*._About thirty ___*_t were pnt on at the Viotoria street work yesterday morning. As soon as a little progress ha* been made an additional number will be employed. SoHOLABsaiP AwABDs.-At the meeting of the Board of Education yeßtorday the award of the scholarship examiners was made known. Their report and the table of results will be found in another column of this issue. Lyttbltok- Bh__db_*t Ma&istbatb.— lfc a understood that the warrant for theapE.mtment of a Resident Magistrate for yttelton was sent from Wellington to Auckland on June 17, for the signature of His Excellency the Governor. Tub Rbobnt Oolmsioh is Lyttbltoi*/ H-__r_OT_B. — An enquiry into the colliaionbetween the Rialto and the- hopper barge Sumner, wsb commenced yesterday morning, at Lyttelton. After evidence had been taken at longth, the Court adjourned! till this moming. Entbktainmbnt.— An entertainment, oonBisting of readings and musical selections was given; in St. Michael's School-worn last evening in aid of the Sohool Fund. There was a very small attendance, but all present seemed to enjoy the entertainment thoroughly. Boabd oir Education.— Tho- Board of Education for the District of North Canterbury sat yesterday afternoon at (Jhe Board room in the Normal School, and got through a considerable amount of business, ohiefly of a routine oharaoter. A report of the meeting appears elsewhere. / Maltbbk.— Tn consequence of the' heavjr rain in this district on Wedneidby night p. considerable body of water was enterling the top end of the recon.lt* constructedi [ seotion of the Malvern water race, but after j flowing a very short distance, the water .entirely disappeared in the shingle. All the Vow hills around Eowai Pass were entirely covered with Bnow on Tuesday morning. / Wbathbb at TiMAßtr.— A very heavy sea /has beon rolling into the roadstead for the last 'two days, and some damago has been done by clay being washed away between the breakwater and Government Bervice. The surf i» rolling up under the railway viaduct) at Whale's creek, undermining the piles and washing away the embankment. If the railway authorities do not attend to this at onoe it will be dangerous to take trains oyer the viaduct. The following will play for Avonvtlle in tlleir match with the second Fifteen of the Eastern Clnb, to be played on Eatimor Square on Saturday neit, coinniencing at 2,30 p m. sharp :— Messrs Haddrell, Bowley, Waguer, Parsons, Alexander, Kay, Manning, Blmsley,. Haddrell W., Puller (oaptain). Brunt, Wright, Eav John, Mon'e, Shand. Ernes*. genoies— Moßßrß Hills, Fuller, Mann t FletoHor.