Local & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4861, 28 November 1883, Page 3

Local & General.

♦ It is formally notified elsewhere that the uaoal servioe at St Luke's Ohnroh will not be lield thia evening, the ohoir having to attend * rehearsal at the Oathedral. Mr H. J*. Mathias was to-day eleoted Ohairman of the Selwyn Oounty Oounoil. Mr Catts shipped Mr Westmaoott's raoehorse Ihe Dauphin to Fioton by the Taiaroa yesterday. Messrs Olarko and Summorton, of Ljttelton, are tbe owners of the steamer mentioned yes* terday as about to be plaoed on the Avon, and not Mr Batley, as we were given to understand. Mr Drummond, well known as having been in the employ of Mr Louiaaon, at the Terminni and White Hart Hotela, Uthe successful tenderer for tho refreshment rooms at the Ohrist* churoh railway station for the ensuing three years. James M'lror' was killed yesterday in the Brunner mine. Death was instantaneous, ooal from the roof crushing him. A shook of earthquake was felt in the morning about the time of the f&tali.v, apd the one may have partly 6*ustd the other. A meeting Ot the Com&iittee appointed by fhe ratepayers who objeot to the aotion taken by the Drainage Board inthe matter of the new rate, was held yesterday afternoon, when it wai resolved to take a legal opinion on the feasibility of opposing the rate. The concert announoed by Mr Wolf to take plaoe at the Lyttelton Oddfellows' Hall, has bsen postponsd to Dec. 6, in oonsequenoe of a concert for the benefit of the widow and -ohildren of tho lata James Young having heen arranged for to-morrow evening. Ihe following items appear on our fourth page :— Tale : " Oaptain Ogilvio's Firtation" (to be oontinued) ; Ohristohuroh Poultry, Pigeon and Canary Sooiety ; Drainage Bate ; Theatre Boyal; Annual Sports; Inquest at Lyttelton • Iho loowoomba Cyolone j .Ihe Austral Inquiry; Bees and Hornets. The members of the Juvenile Lodge of Foresters intend to celebrate Ohristmas by a pionio at Sumner, for whioh preparations on quite an extensive scale are to be made. A epeoial meeting of the Lodge is to be held on the Tuesday before Ohristmas Day in order to make final arrangements, and give members tv opportunity of getting tiokets. Ihe quarterly services in oonneotion with j the Ohuroh Work Booiety of St Mary's, Addington, will be held in the ohuroh this evening (Wednesday), at 7.30. Ihe Bey Canon Stanford will be the preacher. On Friday evening a conoert will be given in the sohoolroom, in aid of the organ and ohoir funds. Considerable attention was exoited to-day by a really fine display of native fish at the ■hop of Mr Catohpole, Oolombo street. The principal part of the display consisted of a large number of enormous hapukas or gropers, one of the largest fiah fonnd in New Zealand | watera. Beveral of theae monaten were esti* : mated at being 1001 b weight each, not bo im* probable when it is considered that these fish have been known to turn the scale at 1401 b. There are also several fine trumpeters and -other fish. In tbe Longbeach Boad District there are five wards, eaoh sending a member to the Bead Board. Becently tho seat of the No. 5 ward member beoame Taoant, because tbe worthy gentleman had heen absent once too often. A fresh eleotion was necessary, and the intention to take nominations for tho vacant seat was duly advertiaed in the local papers. Ihe day fixed upon was Nov. 26, and the Olerk to the Boad Board, who was to aot aa ReturningOffioer, rode ont to the Coldstream homestead, whioh, for the time being, was to be the loene of the eleotion. Of oourse he expeoted that some patriotio ratepayers would oome and look at him at least. But the energetic Olerk and Beturning-Officer is not the firat man in the world who has suffered a disappointment, and he only experienced a feeling common to humanity, when the time passed avay and not a soul came near him to nominate even one good man and true, as a number of the Longbeaoh Boad Board. Ihe rateable value of the ward is over £66,000, but the area that holds that amount of wealth does not appear to oontain enough pnblio spirit to save the Beturning-Officer a fifty miles' ride on a bootless errand. Ihe indifference of the ratepayers in the ward wih oost them the expense attending two elections, when one would have served. Only ' one solitary ratepayer rode np to within "ooi-ee" of the homestead; but he, 'poor beni|hted one, when spoken to, was found to be qaite ignorant of the fact tbat an eleotion j wm to be held. j

Our Timaru correspondent aays :— There ia great exoitement orer tho High Sohool Board eleotion to-day. The frienda ot the three oandidatea are actively canvassing, and Mr Plante has iaiued two circulars to the eleotors. Lait evening tho entries for the Fublioana' Purae, Ohoka and Eyreton raoes, were received, reaulting in four nominations being made. Ihree tendera for a brass band were put in, and that of the Eaiapoi Brass Band waß accepted. A meeting of members of the Eaiapoi Hortioultural Sooiety was held last evening at Mr Wilaon's office, when the apeoial prize liat wae arranged, and it wai deoided to advertiae the aame. It was resolved to aak the looal brass band to attend at the show. Thia evening the band of amateurs who havo been buiily rehearsing the opera "Patience" for weeka paat will try their fortune on the boards of tho Oddfellowa' Hall at Eaiapoi. A ipeoial train will leave Ohriatohuroh to mit intending viiiton, of whom there will not bo a few. After the performance there ia to be a oostume ball. There waa but little buaineaa of importanoo tranaaoted at tho Aahburton Borough Oounoil on Monday evening. Ihe overdraft wai shown to be £1074 12a 54, and the Mayor urged upon the Oounoil the exeroiae of strict eoonomy, as the overdraft limit wai £1600, and no ratei from the new valuation oould poaa^bly be raised before Maroh next. Amongat other business, tha tender of John Davidson, of £23, for tha work of valuation wai accepted ; Mr Haseltine's tender of lld per new dog oollar wai alio accepted. Accounts to tho amount of £70 odd were paaaed. Ihe ehuroh-going people of Killinchy, who havo for some timo paat been collecting money, by oonoerti and other meani, for the purpose of adding a ohanoel and veitry to their ohuroh, have at laat luooeeded in obtaining the desired objeot. Ihe. new portiona of the building wero oonaeorated by the Very Bey the Primate on Saturday, and on Sunday a conirmation lervioe was held by the Primate, when 18 candidates were presented by the ourate. Iho ohuroh, whioh ia rather a email one, waa very full, forma having to be laid for the congregation. Ihe Primate also oonduoted aervioea at Southbridge in the morning, and Leeaton in the evening. A meeting was held at Warner's Hotel laat evening, for ooniidering the desirability of holding a oheai tournament with Uving pieoes; present — Messra H. 3. Tanered (in the ohair), G. G. Staad, Olisseld, J. 0. Veal, A. M. Ollivier, Hookham, Izatt, Jacobsen, May, Moore, Peea, Horwood, and Hii Worahip the Mayor. It wai decided, oa the motion of Mr Jacobson, seconded by Mr Oliisold— "Thafc steps be taken to hold a chess tournament with living pieces, the net prooaeda to be divided between the Oheai Olub, for tha purpose of holding a ohesa congress next year, and the Publio Library." Mr Buddenklau proposed, Mr Ollivier leoonded, and it wai carried — " Ihat Measn lancred, Stead, Olisaold, A. M. Ollivier, aad the mover, be appointed a Committee to solioit aupport from the ladiea." The meet' ing then adjourned. Ihe onp given by Mr P. Cunningham as a prize for the gainer of the largest number of pointa in the looal industry classes at the reoent Metropolitan Show, whioh was won by Mr A. Gh Howland, ia now on view at the establishment of Messrs Petersen and 00. This oup did not arrive with the other trophies presented by Mr Cunningham, but oame to hand last week. It iB an elegant vase of sterling eilver, about SOin in height. Ihe body ia burnished and bean a frosted medallion representing a steam engine and other objeots, among whioh is, appropriately enough, a handaome oarriage. Ihe stem, neok, and handles of the vase are adorned with a conventional pattern, frosted and burnished. Altogether the oup is a very handiome trophy, worthy alike of the munificence of the donor and the importance of the industries it was deiigned to enoourage. The anniversary of the United Methodist Free Ohnroh was oelebrated on Sunday last by Bpeoial servioes, conducted by the Bey 0. Worboys, who reoently arrived from Bngland to take oharge of the congregation. Yesterday evening the oooasion was further oelebrated by a tea and publio meeting. Ihe former took plaoe in the sohoolroom, where about 300 persons partook of an excellent repast, provided by tha lady members of the congregation. Aftor tea, a largely-attended meeting was held in thi ohuroh, Mr W. Bowron in the ohair. Ihe Bey 0. Worboyi addressed the meeting at some length, requesting the assistance and prayera of the membera of the ohuroh in his miniatry. Addressee on religious subjeots were also delivered by the Bera M. Baxter and B. Tayler, ( and other gentlemen. During the i evening several anthemi wsra iung by a ohoir under the direotion of Mr 0. Foaton, Ihe programme for the opening ceremony of the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition has been arranged ai follows :— Ihe Mayer of Ohristohuroh aad the Mayors of the other Boronghr, with the other invited offioial guests, are to assemble at the Oity Oounoil Ohamber at JL0.30 »»a. Ihey will proceed. thence, acGdfi.pfcU.ed by the band t •& ft e Exhib.tiDfij and will be ™°.Wed at the entrance by the Ohairman and ; members of the Bxhibition Committee. Ai the party advanoe te the platform, a musioal seleotion will be performed on the orgaa by Mr Landergan. The Ohairman will read an address requesting his Worship the Mayor to open the Bxhibition j hia Worahip will reply, and formally deolare the Bxhibition open. Ihe National Anthem will then bo sung, and the opening ceremony will be oom* pleted. lt ii probable that some further rnusi* oai selections will be given after tha ceremony and while the offioial visitor! ara being oon* duoted over the Exhibition by the Ohairman. A summoned meeting of the Eirwee Sohool Committee was held in tho Temperanoe Hall on Saturday (present— Messrs Shepherd, Simpson, Oroskill, Craze, Bamiey and Anderson) for the purpose of considering the Board'a aotion re the maater. After along disoussion the Oommittee -unanimously agreed that they oonsidored the Board of Education had not treated them very courteously, for after writing to them to oonsider the sohool report sent in by the Inspector, the Board had ignored their decision, whioh was to give the master another three months to bring the school to the required standard, and had resolved to give the master three months' notioe themselves. It was proposed by Mr Simpson, seconded by Mr Bamaey — " Ihat the matter be allowed to drop and let the Board take what aotion it thought fit withont the (so oalled) Oommittee making further appeal." Oarried unanimously. Ihe Ohairman read a letter from Mr Taylor, the master, re dosing the Bohool on acoount of whooping cough ; also one from Mr Teel, re future salaries being regulated in strict aooordanoo with working average. Proposed by Mr Simpson, seoonded by Mr Craze—" Ihat tho sohool be opened all the while the proper number of ohildren attend, unless the siokness assumes a more serious oharaoter than it doea at preaent." A vote of thanks to the j Ohairman terminated tho proceedings.