Local & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4563, 8 December 1882, Page 2

Local & General.

f There being no applications to be dealt with / at the 8t Albans Licensing Court to-day, thore i waff no Bitting of the Cominiesioners. The Lytton Dramatio Club will give an entertainment this evening ia the East Belt Oddfellows' Hall, concluding with a dance. A concert, to be followed by a ball, is to be held to-night in the new Oddfellows' Hall, Oolombo road, Bydenham. " Property owners are reminded that the o statements under the Property Tax Act " mußt bo tent in on or before Wednesday, 11 Deo. 20. All peraona interested in the recont survey " of tho Bridle Path, Lyttelton, can see the , r drawings of suoh survey, *0., at the Town t Olerk's office r On our fourth page will be found a story 0 entitled "ihe Croosed Cheque," and some | details relative to the illicit distillation cases . in Wellington. The master of the Armagh street dopdL bogs to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of a quantity of vegetables, for the use of the inmates, from Mr Ward, of tit Albans. A meeting of the Stewards of tho Ohoka I and Kjrotoo Jookoy Club will be held at tho Junction Hotel, Ohoka, on Monday, to recoive nominations for the events aud transaction of general butinoss. A meeting of owners of sections jp the Scotch Cemetery, Addington, will bo hold oh Monday evening next, in tho Congregational schoolroom, Manchester street, to conaidcr tho non-execution of the Deed of Trust. About half- past 10 o'clock yesterday morning, ais Mrs Paynton, of the Bower Hotel, New Brighton, was proceeding along Oolombo street South in a spring can, driven by a man namod Lilly, the horae shied at r heap of gravel on the road near Messrp Montgomery's premises, and the cart came in • contact with a vehicle which was approaching from tho opposite direction. Tho wheels became looked, and MrsPiiynton was thrown violently to Ibo ground, fulling on her ripht shoulder. Bho was taken to tho residence of a friond, and was attended by Dr Stowart. After about an hour's timo sho recovered sufficiently to be romoved to her own horn*. The result of tho election of members of (he General Synod of N.Z. for tho Canterbury Dioceao will bo known by the end of the current month. It may be mentioned that so tar as . tho lay members are concerned, Mr F. da 0. Malot is tho only candidate nominated for , the Central district, and Mr H. Ootterill for tho Northern district. Theno gcntlemon will coaiequently bo declared duly elected for tho 1 raspoctiTO districts. As no nominations of . lay mombers have been received from Iho Southern district — Timaru, Ashburlou, &o. — , or from Westland, Mr W. F. Bealaon, tho > Returning-Oflicor, has been obliged to issue ' fresh notioes calling for uoniiuatiana for Ihesq ' two distriot*, |

The Hon J. Bryce left Auckland for Tau ranga by the steamer Wellington. ThonoM Jamei M'Faddon was killed a Waiuka (Auokland) through his horse falline on him. The price paid by the Waikato Land* Allocution to the Hon Jamei Williamson £ > , m ?^ Urrey HilU Bst * fc3 w "» ifc i 8 «tat6d, £J.w,vw. Mr Caldwell, head gaoler at Dunedin, who, it was announced recently, would be shifted to Auckland, hoe received twelve months' loaye on full pay. The trade dispute between the Builders* Association and the Auckland Institute of Architeots, has become more embittered, A public meeting of the builder* of Auokland is to be oonvened. The Hon W. Johniton, Minister for Public Works, left limaru for Albury and th» Maekeniie country last evening, with the yiew of making an extended tour of inspection. A Press Anooiation telegram from Wellington says:— "lt i B understood that Sir William Jervois will come from Bydney direot to Wellington, aud that he will arrive here about Des. 18." The Canterbury Linseed Oil and Fibre Company hare secured a blook of three aores of land at Hillsborough as a site for their proposed works. It is situated close to the> Hillsborough railway station, so that a siding could be conveniently run on to the ground. As a married woman named Page wa» milking a cow htt evening at Oamarn, tbff a»imal kicked her in the ohest, whioh caused the bursting of a blood veseel. The oow then gored the unfortunate woman. She ia still alive. Archibald Forbes lectured at Oamarulasfc night on li 'i he Inner Life of a War Correspondent." There was a crowded houee, and he met with an enthusi&stio reception. On arrival here, he was met by a number of th» members of the Caledonian Sooiety. Mr 8. Bmith, an English barrister, not long resident m Auokland, and a nephew of Bishop Cowie, is stated to have received the appointment of Resident Magistrate at Auokland, vice Mr ftl'Donald, promoted to be Chief Judge of the Native Lands Court. Mr J. Bheehun, M.H.R,, and Mr Moorhouss, will probably leave for Nupior in the oourse of the present woek, meeting Mr Bryce at Bangipo, thero to endeavour to settle the long standing dispute between the Natives and the lessees ot the Murimotn Bun. The Native road obstrnotors at Whangaret are very defiant. On Wednesday they paraded with loaded guns and tomahawks on the disputed blooks, and practised firing at target* from sunrise. The proceedings were witnessed by the settlers. Mr Brackon, M.H.B. for Dunedio Central, addressed his oonetituents last night. There were 600 or 700 people present. At the olose of his address, no questions were askod, and a unanimous voto of oonfidonoe was carried. Messrs J. Ballantyne and Co. have made the very handsome offer to the Christ* College Cadets of a cup, to be fired for bj members of the corps. The trophy has been ordered from England, and wili be here in » few months. At the Government land sale at Gisborne yesterday there was a large attendance, and the bidding in some oases was rapid. The result of the sale was a total of £10,858 15», Beveral lots were passed in. Mr J. A. Tole, Commissioner of Crown Lands, odioiated a* auctioneer. Laßt evening a woman nonind Sarah Biokerly, residing at Halswell, whs arrested by Detective O'Connor, oharged wiili stealing a oouplo of saoks, an overcoat, a honerug, and otker articles, valued altogether at £1 6s, the property of James Arthur Williams. . The priioHor John Gilleeen, who was arrested on Wednesday at Sheffield by Constable Cartmill on two oharges of forgery and uttering, arrived in town by the evening train yesterday, and was conveyed to the lookup. It is believed that other charges of a similar nature are pending against him. A fire t«ok place in the Halswell dietriofc on Wednesday la»t, whioh entirely destroyed a stable, the property of Mrs A. Sabey. It appeared to have been deliberately set on fire in three separate places. A trap and hardest were Bayed, but about a ton oE old hay in the loft was burnt. The damage is estimated at £35. The programme for the firework display at the Fire Brigade demonstration to be held on the evening of Dec. 16 was published in our issue of yesterday. As will have been noted, the "show" will be one of unusual brilliancy, and is anticipated to be a complete success. It is to be regretted that the firemen should have been somewhat straitcnod in funds this year, from varioui causes. The £50 cheque forwarded as a present to the Brigade by Mr B. H. Bhodes would have been a most acceptable addition to the funds at this particular time, and tho action of the City Counoil in voting half of the amount to the Fire Prevention Fund has been keenly felt in consequenoe. It is satisfactory, however, to have to reoord, on the other hand, that a certain amount of support has been obtained from the public It ib to be hoped that tho response to the firemen's appoal for assistance will be a liberal one, and that the contribution bags whioh aro to be placed at the Park gates will be heavily laden with the donations of the visitors. At the breaking up of the Boys' High Sohool at Dunedin yesterday, the Hoofor, in his report, wrote: — "It is worthy of noto that candidates appeared from at least four oduoational institutions is Christohnroh and from only two in Otago. In other plaoes, also, there wero instances of dofeated candidates returning again and again to the examinations till their efforts proved successful. I have known no suoh oase in Dunedin ; and even the High School boys who have gone to the University are ohiofly to be found, not in the art classes, but in tho schools of law, medicine and mining. I neither wonder at this nor complain of it in a bvsy centre of mercantile and manufacturing enterprise like Dunedin. The higher learning must be n plant of flow growth in a new country, and both self-denial and foresight are necessary to lead parents to give their boys, before entering on special preparation for the duties of life, the inestimable benefits of a few years' pure culture of mind. In the present oiroumstanoes, thorefore, I record, with peculiar satisfaction, tho noble gift of Mr Georgo Gray Rutaoll to this Bohool. Mr Russell has vestod in the Board of Governors the sum of £1000, the interest of which is to form scholarships to enable dietinguithed pupils, who would othorwise bo oompnllod to enter at once on /dive life, to proceed to tho University and take I he degreo in Arts. This is an act not merely of munificence, but of wise and farseeing patriotism, not the lees worthy of admiration that its full boneflt to the country will not become apparent till nftor many days." At tho annual meeting of tho Ashburton Bacing Club, the Committee submitted their customary report, in which wob gratefully noticed, ant! with much satisfaction ut the result, tho aid given thorn by Mr K. G. Wright, M.H.8., in ' having tho racecourse reserve Yociod in Irustcos for purpueas of tho Club. On the course £331 had b^en oxp-nded ie portrancnt improvements, and a highly successful two days' raco meeting had been hold, Ot which ft programme ro proa rating £480 lmd bo :'n submitted. The Commit lee hnd engaged* room for th« ueeof tho Club, which had bacn found a grcht convenience to tlio members. Tho general meot.ing had empowered the Committee to purohnse a tolulimtor, but liarl not done so, careful enquiry having resulted in the CommiUeo deciding rathe 1 to m&ko un arrangement with Mo»oi*s llobbs and Goodwin to work their machine, whinh hml bosn done with most satisfactory results. Tho ComButton also submitted asttttonicnt of aooounts, whioh showed a totul inromo from oil sources for tho year of £892 12i Cd, aguinfi'j an expenditure of £873 It 2d, leaving a balance to credit of £19 6s Bd. Of this rxpondtturo £831 12s fld had been laid out on iiermunonf, improvement!! r.t tho courto, .IMB4 10? hvA been paid in stakes, and the romuindir in general exponses. Tho Commit toe's documonts were adopted, and the Club eoHgraluluted itself on ils huccoes m.d nourishing condition. L'orrcspondoneo on ' ; id aubiscl v>\ tho Grand Nationul Bleei>lccli.i!n» !ii(>ctin£ being licld next season ut As'.iSu on wan reud, Biul (lid Rubjpct. pro'ty fu'iy .iiecusßOf), but tho mattor win flr.nlly loft in tholianriti of tho General Committee, ns v. .11 as (hut of tho propriety of an Autumn M- . Mrg ut Ashburton,

A ooncert in aid of the choir fund of St Mary*, AddiDgtou, will be given in the school.Toom this evening. An excellonb programme 1 has b«en twanged. A Bpooinl tvata will leave Cathedral square at 7.40, roturning after the concert. Ihe Lyttelton N»val Brigade will proceed to Quail Island to-morrow, when tha force will b« divided, ono part forming an attaoking party on tho island by water, tho other half defending the B*me ashore. Tao Brigade -will camp on the island to-morrow night, and on Sunday a church parado will be hold there, the Brign.de returning to port that evoning. A service of *onR, entitled " Ihe> hristian Martyrs," w»b given in tho East BeltWesloyan • Sohool laßt evening. Tho combative readings were givon by Mr Howard, and the musioal portions were rendered by the Church ohoir, under the leadership of Mr G. Dultry, of Bydenhatu. The performance pasjed off vory well, and the attondanoo was lavge. A collection was uiiido afc tho close in aid o£ the Church funds. . A groab convenience, in tho ahapo or a drinking fountain and oup, has been placed on the platform of the Kaiapoi railway (station in oonneotioi. with tho now water BBivice. By this moanß tmvellera can be a«surod of thoir thirst being quenched without recourse to tha former neccsoity of an adjournment to tho noarest hostelry. Curiously enough it is noticeable that since tho provision of thp water- supply there has bsen a aomowh^t decided increase in the sale of spirits in flaska at the establish- ■- meat in question. The monthly meeting of the Woodend Horticultural Socwty was hold in the iohoolroom on Wedooiday evening last; present— Messrs Oatchpola, Wilson, Kudd, Hewitt, B'okcs, Ayen, Btaokvrood, .archer, Mossman, Salkeld, Walker, Bcary and the Becrotiry. In the absence of the President, 2£r A. Catdhpale was voted to tho chair. Sub-Committees wore appointed to make arrangements for lunohoon, and arranging the schoolroom for the Show. After a deal of routine business, the meeting adjourned. Ihe annual treat in oonneotion w.tn at Barnabaa* School, Woodend, was hold in the Hon H. B. GreisWn grounds on Wednesday last. The ohildren marched :fcom the sohool to the grounds, where they woro provided with lunch, after which various amuesiaiants, such ac raoing, jumping, &a, warn induked in. During the afternoon the Woodend Br&»s Band rendered several aebctiona very creditably. After giving throo hearty cheers for Mr and Mrs Gresson, tho proceedings were terminated by the Brans B*nd playing the National Anthem. Persons puling through Cathedral Square in the early dawn of this morning were somewhat surprised ab the unuaaal appearance presented by the Godloy statue. Upon tho head of the honouved pilgrim had boen plaoed a collego trencher cup -one of the "academical mortar boarda " that usually grace the headß of college mustor/i and sfcudontß. A con* stable who name on duty ut djytreak observed the phenomenon, and kept hio oya on the cap till the morning braezs blow it .off, when he forthwith " collared it" and took it to the .Police Station. f Tho cap, it may ba remarked, has a rathe* " needy " uppoaranco, and had evidently done considerable service elsewhere before the waggiih thought occurred to tho possessor to present it to tho statuo. A onrions ecene was witnessed in tha Hue Descartes, Paris, lately, when a vondor of pamphlets was hawking v brochure, " How to Correot Women," and loudly orying his wares. A young woman, incensed at tho . title of the book, inflicted a sound slap on tho hawkor's face ; other members of tho 80-callfld tender Bex joined thoir champion, and gave tho unfortunate wretch a sevoro drubbing, soattering the offending pamphlets in tho mud on the pavement. Some men took the part of the vendor, arid a general Bouffl* ensuod. A regular scrimmage wont on for half an hour, hats, capa, bonnets, and false hair flying in all directions. Finally tho female contingent retreated in disorder, and tho hawker left tbe neighbourhood, vowing that he would never again attempt to sell inflammatory brochures in that quartor of Paris. A singular criminal has just been dealt with at Bremen and Strasburg. This was a man by name The'aphile Mary, a hairdrosser, born at Barr, whose Tioiouß tendency torfc the form of inflicting Blight Btabs with a dagger on young women. At Strasburg he attackod no fewer than 18, nearly all of whom he etruok on the breast. He made his first appearance two yeara ago, when for a month he Bpread tarror among the inhabitants, all efforts to oipture him failing. He then vanished from Aleace, and some time afterwards turned up ab Bromon, where he again distinguished himaelf by hiß dastardly attaoks. Here, however, ho waa soon arrested; sentenced to pevtm years' imprisonment, and handed over to the Straeburg authorities to be dealt with there. The 18 young womon whom tho prißunor hud wounded (nono of them, fortunately, severely), appoaretl as witnesses against him. An expert dnolarod him in possession of hiß senscu, ascribing 1113 aota to a morbid vanity, and the Court sentenced him to ono year's imprisonment, to bo added to the Beren years given him at Bremen. The man is 31 roars of ago. The annual mooting of the Southern Cross Masonio Lodgn, Eaiapoi, No. 760, 8.'.1, for thopurpoaa of inatulliug Bro W. H. Ovendon to the position of W.M. of the Lodgo, wns held last night, and vrao well attonood by the member.i of the Lodgo, besides several visitors. Who ooremony was performed by the . B.W.D.D.G-.M., Bro H. 'IliorasoD, assisted by fourteen Fact Mcetera of the Order; and afterwards the following officers were inTested uocordiug to ancient cuatom, viz., Bro W. R. May, 9.W. ; Bro Q. Hay-Barclay, J.W. j Bro I'M. B. Furnhura, Treaßiiror (reeleotod for tha oleventh timflj ; Bro W. Hokorsley, Secretary ; Bro W. Cochrane, 8.D. ; Bro 0. I, Young, J.D. ; Bro W. D. Humphrep, J.G.$ Bro If. Kidd, D.0., Bro Bobert Macfarlane, organist. BubBequontly tho D.D.G.GiI. presented Bro P.M. Caleb kJmitli vrith a Past Master's jowel, suitably inscribed, whioh had boen subscribed for by the mombors of the Lodge, on tho occasion of his leaving the dißtrio). for Kaikoura. Bro Thomson, m p^eaantinp the jewel, epoko of the valued ?orvice9 rendered to tho Craft by Bro Smith, and cordially wishod him success, Maaoniontly und otherwise, in hia new homo. Bro T. Muy, on behalf of tho members, likewise made Sr'.M. Bro D O'Callnghan a similar present, no n token of vspect, and aa a memento of tho yeur of office through which he had just pneaod. Tho year bad been an eventful one, tho builcliug of the new hall having been commenced therein. The Lodge being olo'ind, tho mombora adjourned to the Orange Uull, whero oupper was kid, and tho usual Musonio to»Bta woi'o duly honourod. Publio opinion in Hungary has (or sometime post ba^n Kbsorbed by a my»torii>ui! uffair that occurred nt r J isza Ei-Jiiar, wliore a youn^; girl, bolori3inj» to a Christian family, suddenly diaapponreri, the Jcw3 of tho loculity being aubßoquenMy oliur«ed by publio rumour with having n.wiiHsinatod her and dioposod of her remain?. A married oiuiplo naniod Bclmrf are under un'oak on suspicion of being connected wil h the girl'o murder. Thoir legal adviser li.vh jmt uddrooeed a memorial to Mioiatcr IVoaiilnnt Tiszi, revealing a state of things in i I unwary worthy ouly of the Middlo Ages. It contiiins tho following horrible disclosures :-- Cl Your lixcollenoy in quito awaro in what (ashion muny c >mmie»aricß of police procoed i:: vi.iw of eliciting confoauiona from prisonorv. Your Exrolloncy knows perfectly vfcll tlmt <Tilv recently tho commissary of a certain dmri-'t was uocueci, while interrogating n vftuLli of oiijhtoon, tho only child of hiß wido« i'ii mother, of hanging him up by his foot, in whioh position he died. Tho commiwi-y of another district, whilo oxainining a woman whurtn innocenco wub af tor wards estnbliel.cd, hud hor hands tiud, and then oausod her to bo hold over ;t firo. Your Ex-oc-llency ia further aware that, notwithstanding our uevora lnws und tho vigilance of tho C4ovoroment, the Boorot intefrogatory of prUonorii ia largely conducted by inoaus of torturo an-i corporal ill-troutmont, and that this in priiotisod chiefly by tha oommisßiiries of polico, who, us a rule, ejoape detection •nd punishment." — Vienna correspondent London Teligrnph. Oinco tho rocent onaotment of Statutes against lotteries in the different Colonies, the propriotom of panoramna, dioramaa, pantascopes, et hew genus amne, liuvo boen obliged to give away their proiontu without tho formality of drawing for them, soiling onvclopes with number*, <fco. Thiß waa mpposod to be strictly legal, but in Bydnoy they will not even allow tin's seemingly lurmlcss method of rewarding a good audience. "Zulu"Thornp > Bon has como uudor Iho ban of tho polico, and his Uriah diatributiona oi gifts havoboon j stopped. Mr Loo, tho Crown Prosocutor, contended that "as thoso who entered tho hall did not know whether Mioy would got a prize or not, it must be ia clinnce, and, therefore, most bo a lottery." Tbo Magistrate held

that the gift distribution was a breaoh of theLotteries Act, and fined Mr Thompson W» shall, be muoh surprisid, however, if our attenuated friend does not circumvent tho lawyers yet. Ifcg matoh between elevens of Lancaster Park Beserve and the U.0i0., announced to take plaoe on Hagley Park ground, will be played at Lancaster Park instead. Play to commence at 3.80 sharp. Tha members of the newly-formed Light Infantry Company of Volunteers assembled ut the Drill Bhed lnst evening for their usual weekly parade. There was a very good muater, aad the men were exorciied in a variety of movements by Captain Wolf*. The work was done in a manner which, conaideriug the short time the Company has been formed, roflecta considerable oredit on the members. Another blook of the Bhanties whioh disfigure certain parts of the city is threatened with extinction. The leases of the seotioDs situated on the south-west corner of Colombo and Liohfield streets are nearly expired, and it is anticipated that the buildings at present theroon, whioh are not by any means an ornament to that portion of Chriitohurch, are to be romeved in ordor to bo replaced by odifices of moro respeotabla appearanoo. The action of the Ohristohurch and Napier shareholders of tho Southern Crosß Petroleum Company in opposing the proposod sub-let-ting of a considerable portion of the Company's land at Gisborne, appears likely to have the effect of raising up a wide spread opposition to the proposal. Mr W. "Wilson left for tho North to-day, pledged to oppose the letting, and armed with proxies, representing 12,000 shares. It is stated that even in Gisborne itsolf thero is a strong feeling againßt parting with any of the Company's property. Some interesting details have been furnished with respect to the value of' the mid-day express train from Now York to Detroit, and it is stated that this train is a fair representative of the fast express trains on the leading American railroads. The ongina and tender wore appraised at lO.BOOdols ; the baggage car, lOOOdolsj the postal car, 2000 doli ; tho smoking car, 5000dols ; the two ovdinary passongers cars, lO.OOOdola each j and three palaoe oars, 15,000d01i eaoh ; total, 83,000d015, or nearly £17,000 sterling. This eitimate is regarded as beneath rather than over the mark for a fait express, as some of thorn, containing moro oars, aro worth £20,000 at leaßt. The palace cars, put down at 16,000d01s each, ara in many cases worth an average of 18,000dols. The cars first came into use soon afttr the sleoping coaches, the first being used about 20 yoars ago. In oertain cases the cars have cost as high as £5000 sterling, and £6000 where the interior workmtres&ip was very elaborate. A oorafoitable dwelling w*j thus be built for the cost of an ordinary passenger car, and tbo question arises how and at what point such luxurious travelling becomes remunerative to the railway companies. An sntorpriae has boon set on foot which will practically give a new port to London and greatly assist ooean commerce. At the Bmall Kontiuh village of Hoo, on the north shore of the Medway, there is a ddop water Alongside to the extent of 22ft at low tide, muoh greater depth further out, and at high tide thero ii'sixty feet. This faot has induced the Directors of the South-Eastern Railway to construct wharves and piers at Hoo, which will Bhortly be extended, asd will constitute a flourishing port. It has been ohristoned Port Victoria, and many advantages are claimed for it. It is an hour nearer the sea from London than Gravesend ; ships of the heaviest tonnage, homeward bound, will avoid the intricate and dangerous navigation of the crowded Thames, and can discharge paaaengers and .cargo ab all hours without having to lie outside, as in ordinary tidal harbours. The port is perfeotly proteoted against all winds. The sohemo haß been pushed forward with speed, and is to far oompletod that the branch railway which connects \ Hoo with tho North Kent line was opened last week, and on Sept. 13 the Prinoe and Princess of Wales, travelling from Flushing in tho yacht Oaborne, landed at Port Viotoria. It is expected that the new landing place will be largely utilised for Continental traffio, but great efforts will be made to attraot general commerce to Port Victoria. A epeoial feature will be the trade in live etook from America, whioh will be landed in the neighbourhood of Hoo and fattened upon the rich Kentish toil before slaughter. Nearly- all the great steamship line* appear to favour the hew enterprise.