Local & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4537, 8 November 1882, Page 3

Local & General.

'Susses aro advertised to run to the Show ground to-morrow. A Bervioe of song takes place this evening in the Oddfellows' flail, Sydenham. Heavy rain sot in again at Timaru la»t night, and iippoarod likely to continue. It is believed that about 1000 men will take pirb in tho Volunteer BoTiew atDunodin to-morrow. We bavo boen requested by the Oolleotor of Custom* to state that tomorrow is a proclaimed Customs holiday. The Timaiu Fire Brigade hate deoided that Hapier is too distant for them to attend a demonstration then. A bi«anr, held by the United Free Methodist congregation at Wellington, realised £63 towards the building fund. A Tariety entertainment, to be followed by • ball, is announotd to. take place in the Templar Hall to-morrow evening. On and after Nov. 81 the towage at Greymouth for b&llast vessels without cargo will be two shillings per tua register. The Hon W. Bolleston invites his constituents to meet him at the Papanui Town Hall on Friday evening at half-paat 7 o'clock. The schooner Coronet, wrscked near Suva, lias bsen sold by Henderson and M'Farlane to the King of Apamino. She was insured ia the New Zealand Oflloe for £600. The present Timaru High Bohool Board held its last mooting yesterday, as by an Act pused kit session, a new Board is to be elected, instead of nominated, this month. The Dunedin Fir* Brigade resolved last night that in consequence of the short notice they could not ssnd a team to Napier to compote for priios at the next delegates meeting. There was a parade of the City Guards Band last evening. The Band assembled at the Coffee Palace, and marohsd down Colombo and High streets, performing a number of leleotionß en routt, The Middle Island Trunk Railway Commijßion have appointed Mr Charles St Barbs Secretary. They prooeed to Blenheim on Thursday, und have telegraphed for Mr Foy, 0.E., to give evidence. A home cwnsd by a man named 0. F. Charieß, on the Foxtoa line, Wellington, was turned dovrn yesterday in the absei>ce of the family. It wm insured in the New Zealand office, the house for £50, and the furniture for £60. An inqr.oefc was held at Oamaru yesterday on the body of the illegitimate child of a domestic servant, whioh had died suddenly. She medical evidence was that death wee the result of congestion of the lungs, and a verdiot was returned in accordance therewith. By an advertiiemaflt elsewhere ia this issue, it will bn seen that a wrestling matck — for £50— has bt-en arranged between George Bobinson and ii. A. Blade. The respective lackers e.ra Jom Mace and J. Olphert. The matoh is to tab* placo between 8 and 10 on Saturday evening, at Beaton's stables. Ihe matoh is «Kt*d to be for the championship of Hew ZsUiuid. The m>it,rrm of the Armagh street depAfc begs to acknowledge, with thank*, tho receipt •f a quantity of wearing apparel, to , from Jfra Lewis for the use of the inmates, ihe master also bt^# to acknowledge, with thanks, the rocfipt of it quantity of buns from tho Gathedul authorities for che inmates. It may not. be generally known that under ! the " Brund* R.-gUtralion Act, 1880," owners of sheep in the Colony mu.<t, before Jan. 1, 1883, register their sheep brands, or they will ba liablo to lobo the brands thay already hold. To somo of fchow who nre dependent on thoir brand for ths .'da of their sheep, and also their wool in tha Home market;, this information should be useful. The full programme of tho Canterbury Caledonian Some'.y, who hold their first annual gai.hr-rii.ig in Lancaster Park on Deo. 16 has been issued. There are twenty-six events on the programme, for whioh prizes ranging from £10 to £1 hw' offered. The President.. Mr P. Cunningham, offers gold St Andrew* oronfen for the best piper and best Highland dancer on the ground. As reported in our third edition of yesterday, the stable which has been used for hotel purposes at Littlo Akalon for tho laib few weeks was burned down between 10 and 11 on Monday night. This i:i the third time that a similar fire has occurred within the lash two months. Mr Cooper, tho landlord, ajjuin revived a letter threatening tho destruction of the building by fire should ho kuep it open for ■oiling liquor. The police were communicated witii at Akurna and havo takon the matter in hand, hoping to trnce out tho offender, If, will nrob.ibly be remembered that Mr Co.ipor rei.-eirnd two threutoning letters on tho occasion of tho last fire. I We understand that an attempt is likely to be made nhortly to float a Company for the purpose of entering largely and fully into wood and oine chair making. '1 hose who aro moving in tho matter boo no reason why New Z inland . timber should nub be as suitable and as easily workad as tho>c> used for tho American chairs, and thay aro nruiguino of being ablo to compete succPiHfuily with the imported article as to prico whon tho proper machinery has baon obtained. A Abort time ngo thore were three or four niiikotv of wooden chairs in Christchurch, but wu beliovo that two, at ltsst, of them have given up tho bueinnes. To " pay," and exoluHi- tht» American goods, if, would bo necospiii'T to manufacture on a large scale, and thin Uki C'omput.y propoae to do. Moro w-'t-k ia boing found in Christchurch for our New Zealand woodo, M>" J. C. Burbory, of iuntn atrcefc west, having commenced f.c> make o.trs and oculls out of kauri limber, which he thinks very suitable. Ir. will ho in tho memory of many of .our readnrrt that kauri was considered— some jyears ngo— vp.ry nuitafilo lor ship's spurs, so that Mr IJurvry is only reviving an old idea. Tho spocimtMH iv hw shop leave nothing to ■bo desired. In >bapo and finieh they ure quite equal to Australian work, and very little bi-.'iir.il tho'best English make, while they are only a shade heavier than the imported, and appear to stand fair usage equally well. Tho saitu niakoi' also turns out machinemade woodon toys, horsei of all.kinds, hobby, rooking and bc^cb, barrows and oundry othor artiol«a. On 'Jiieidjiy uvoning Mr A. 3. Bhury, of the CuiuD B*nk, Ashburton, took two grand trout, from tho Ashburton Domain \ water. One trout weighed 26 ouncss, and the other a fraction leo 9. The Dumaia water is only a ohain or two from the railway station, and only s tow days ngo come good aized trout, were landed from the rcßervtir by Mr T. Quill, of the Commercial Hotel. The irout must havo grown rapidly, ao the Domain gully lias only had water turnod into it for about a year and a-l)3lf. All the crc«ko in tho County arj now well slocked with fi«h ; ond a faunor reported recontly having got a good sizsd trout in onn of tho County waterraces. Another Jrtrgo "lako" of trout is reported from Winchester. One day last week Messrs Binloy, x v ioholes, and Lynch, of that township, captured ten finh, weighing in tho abrogate 521 b. 'Ihe largest of ibe lob turned the stale at 91b,

There was no sitting of the Bangiora Magistrate's Court held yesterday, the two or three oivil oases down for hearing having been settled out of Court. Bimonsen's Opera Company opened at Dunedin last night in "Madame Angot. Hitherto there havo beon no amusements in the evening for the volunteer visitors, so that the advent of the company is welcome. Signor De Vivo was a through pwsenger for Ban Franoisoo by the City of Sydney. He returns with an Italian Opera Company. The steamer took speoie from Sydney to the value of £140,000, and frem Auckland 10,9940bs of gold, valued at £43,978, shippod by the Bank of New Zealand. The Few Zealand Bhipping Company hare established a branch of thMr business in Oatnaru, and intend, during the present seaeon, to despatch two uhips from Oaraaru for Home with wool. The Company aho intend to load up grain ships for Home during the coming season. The Spring Meeting o£ tho Canterbury Jockey Ulub commenced yesterday. The attendance of the public was large, the weather splendid, and the gathering, on the whole, highly succesif ul. 'The racing, however, was not of the most exoiting character ; in every event the favourites having rather easy victories. There are great preparations for the carnival in aid of the Dunedin Benevolent Institution, which will be opened on Nor. 22. Yesterday the Colonial Seoretary was interviewed, and he revoked the former determination not to carry contributions free by rail. There will be Punch and Judy shows, for-tune-telling, May-pole danoerß, to., a costume orioket matoh and masked fancy dress ball. Mr John Akers, late sub-organist of the Cathedral, has received the appointment in the Church of the Blasted Sacrament, as organist and choir-master. The re-opening of the organ takes place on Sunday next, at solemn High Mass, at 11 a.m., when the musio of Mozart's Twelfth M»«a will be used. The organ, whioh has been thoroughly rebuilt by Mr Jenkins, is now in splendid order, the pedal power being restored, which has been dumb hitherto. The prospectus of a Company to take over the Dunedin tramways from Mr Proudfoot is advertised. Tho capital is £100,000 in £1 shares, of whioh it is proposed to call up only about one-third. The Directory is a large and influential one. It is shown that the receipts of the tramways for 1880 were £18,150, for 1881, £22,767, and for five mocths of the current year £9998, being at the rate of nearly £25,000 per annum. The not profits for the 21 months, ended May 31 last, are stated to have been £10,913, equal to £6282 a year. In the Wellingtoa Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday an Italian, unable to speak English, was a defendant, and the Magistrate, Mr Hardcastle, refused to allow counsel to enter a plea for him, although counsel said ha had consulted defendant with an interpreter. Mr Shaw, oonnsel for defendant, suggested that it was the duty of the Court to find an interpreter, bnt the Magistrate said if litigants were unable to speak English, they must find a linguist to interpret. The Bey 0. J. Byng, of St Matthew's Episcopalian Churoh, Dunedin, last night delivered the first of a series of week night services to the manufacturing daises. He began with foundry hands and had a capital audience, principally composed of that olass. He explained that he meant this as an attempt to teaoh the non-ohuroh going class without any attendant exoitement, anoh as characterises the Salvation Army mevement,and that he had no wish to proselytise. He gave a lengthy Evangelical address, and maintained the interest of his hearers throughout. The Committee of the Dunedin and Suburban Orioket Association met on Monday evening and seleoted the following twenty-one names from whioh the final selection will be | made to represent the Association in the match against the Auckland team : —Messrs 0. Frith, Oarr, J. Leith, Ivtns, Glen, Duckmanton, Parker, Greenwood, Harri*. Bowers, S. Leith, Andrews, Hayward, T. Helgate, J. Holgate, W. J. Mooro, Hadfield, Peako, Bollinson, Fleming and Sketch. Messrs H. S. Fish, M.H.8., M. Fagan, Tewsley, L. M. Harris and A. Hallifax were appointed a Beoeption Committee. Afc the Dunedin Police Court yestsrday H. 0. Bennett was fined for selling battled beer without a license. He explained that he bottled for a firm of brewers, and was under the impression that tho license taken out by the firm allowed him as agent to make sales by bottle. His Worship expressed his opinion that it was a gross oase, as so much profit had been made out of it. Ho had to decide whether it was a case of gross impudenoe or of gross ignorance, and would give acouied the benefit of the doubt. A fine of £10 would be imposed, with 7s costs ; in default 14 days' imprisonment. Captain Mosey, of the ship Mercer, reports that on the voyage from London, whon 150 miles off Pernatnbuco, in latitude 8*25 south, 81 42 west, he sighted the barque Llama, of Liverpool, Homeward bound, in a sinking ooadition. Offered aaaistanoe, but the captain of the Llama declined, saying he had done all possible, and t.he craw refused to work any more. He bad eight feet ef water in the hold, and the vossel was sinking. His crow had the boats out, and everything ready to leave. The captain said ho intended renaming by his vessel until she settled dowa, and then with the boats would head for Pernambuoo. The weather was then fine and calm. The Llama was an iron barque, of small tonnage, apparently 25 years old, supposed to be laden with nitrate of soda. On assistance being doolined, the Mercer stood on her way. The Druids of the Ohoka Distriob are to be congratulated on the erection of a very pretty hall, whioh was opened last Monday evening; by an entertainment and ball. The building, whioh was erected by Mr Weston, of Kaiapoi, consists of a hall 40ft by 20ft, with a poroh and two comfortable retiring rooms, 12ft by Bft and •Bft by Bffc. The hall was neatly decorated, and wm crowded to overflowing ; the attendance being largely increased by brethren from the neighbouring Lodges, who, with their frionds, assisted in making the opening a success. The entertainment oomisted of songs by looal amateurs and two farces, " A Troublesome Servant " and " Brown's Ghost," by the Oxford Dramatic Club, who kindly gave their sorvicea on the occasion. At the conclusion, Mr L. Head, the Chairman, propose! a vote of thanks to tho performers, which was carried unanimously. After singing the National Anthem, dancing commenced, and WB3 kept up till an oarly hour. By a private telegram received last .night from Mr Brettagh, information has com? to hand that Mr Arthur Pearson, youngest son of Mr Joseph Pearson, and brother of Mr W. if. Pearson, M.H.8., was aosidontully drowned while taking cattle over the Whaingaroa river, Raglan. Particulars aro not yofc to band further than that the body has been recovered and taken to Buglan, but Mr W. F. Pearson immediately on receiving tho telegram, s'arted from Oxford, and will leave for Auckland by steamer. Mr Arthur Pearson waß tho youngest con of Mr J. Pearson of Burnt Hill, Oxford, and has been engaged as manager under Mr Brettagh for some time. There peoma to be a strange fatality amongst the Pearson family, as out of ten children only two BUrvive, ond tho greatest sympathy is felt for the parants in this calamity, as their youngest son Arthur was placed in charge of this estate with a vio\r to his future ownership. Some timo between Wednesday last and Monday, a hou9o at JKtvngiora nas burglariously entered and £25 in notes stolen. On Wednesday, the occupier of the house placed £46 in notes .in a box containing weuricg apparel, which was kept in a room seldom entered. On going to tho box on Monday, it was fousd to have been ransacked and that £25 pounds had beon abstracted Btrango to say, the remainder of the money, a £2.0 note and a singla one, was found smongat the thingo, whore it must hare been dropped by the thief, as tho whole of tho money was in a purse when put away. Tho supposition is that tho robbery was commuted on Thursday last, when all thn oecupanta of the house were abuent at the cattle show. The surrounding circumstances, notably, thatcothing but tho boxcontsining the money had been disturbed, would point to the fact that tlio burglar must have had some knowledge of the money being -in the house, and also of its whoroabouts. Entrance to .'he room was, no doubt, effected by forcing up the window ' sash/ which could De done from the outside.

Tenders for the construction of a tewer are invited by the Lyltelton Borough Council. Mr Charles Edward Levien has been appointed a Deputy-Registrar of births, marriages, and deaths for the Malvern district. Advertisements intended for insertion in to-morrow's issue of the Star must ba delivered at tho office not later than noon. Owing to the steamer oonyeying t.he remains of the late Mr Bobert Chapman not reaching Lyttelton in time for the funeral to take place as advertised for to-morrow, Thursday, the funeral will take place on Friday, leaving the Ohristohurch station by mid-day train for Bangiora. James Patriok, the scoundrel who insulted a young wonan and at Sßulted a man who was endeavouring to protect her on Sunday night, met kis deserts this morning at the Resident Magistrate's Court. He was sentenced to two months' hard labour for arsault, and fined £5, or 14 days' imprisonment, for using bad language. At last night's meeting of the Kaiapoi Council, it wat> decided to grant a week's extension of time to the gentlemen who are preparing designs for the new swing bridge ov*r the Wainakariri. Ono gentleman, who has a happy knack ef making a post card do duty for his official correipondence, ventured to criticise the terms offered by the Council for the plan, but his effusion met with a common theugh sorry fate. It appeared that several competitors were in the field. Court Thistle of the Forest, A.OF., held its usual meeting last evening, in St Saviour's sohoolroom, Bydenham. There was a very good attendance of members. About 50 members gave in their names to attend a picnic at Governor's Bay on Nov. 9. P.O.E. Bro Williamson gave a report of the proceedings of the last district meeting. One person w»s initiated into the order, and one proposed, after which the Court was oloied in due form. A meeting of the Brookside School Committee was hold on Monday; present—all the members, Mr G. Holland in the choir. Mr J. Baldwin's resignation as master of the school was rsad. It was unanimously roßolved— " That a letter be forwarded to Mr Baldwin, expressing regret at his resignation, and congratulating him on his superior appointment." It was resolved — " That the sanotion of the Board be obtained to advertise for a master," and the meeting then adjourned.