Local & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5161, 17 November 1884, Page 3

Local & General.

Lady Jervohj will be at home to receive visitors at Elmwood, 6n Tuesdays, from 4 to 6 p.m. The House Steward of the Christchu>v;li Hospital begs to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of a large quantity of flowers from the Durham street Wesleyan Sunday- : school. j On Saturday evening Inspector Pender ' received a telegram from Sergeant 1 Brooks, to the effect that it was reported that two bodies had been seen floating off Horseshoe Bay. The Sergeant intended to have a boat manned and to set off to recover the bodies if posj sible. Whether he was successful or not was not known here last night. A meeting of the Lyttelton Regatta Committee was held on Friday night, Dr H. M'Donald, Commodore, in the chair. Mr • H. Allwright, M.H.R., was also present. The Hon Sec. was instructed to* write to His Excellency the Governor, asking him to .become patron. After some routine business it was decided to postpone the arranging of the programme until Nov. 21. The meeting then adjourned. Services in connection with the Wesleyan General Conference, now in session in Christchurch, were conducted in the East Belt Church by the Revs J. C. Symons, in the morning, and W. M. Hunter, in the evening. There were large congregations. The former gentleman took his text from John xiv chap., 1 to 3 ver., and the latter from Psalm xc, 8 ver. At the close of the morning service at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church yesterday, the Rev W. Dinwiddie referred to the doubts expressed by some members of the Presbytery of Christchurch, as to the legality of his induction as their minister. He informed the congregation that the doubts expressed elsewhere would not in any way interfere with his • own ministerial work, nor with any other department of the work of the congregation. j The Ashburton Debating Society I celebrated the closing of their season ; by a soiree in St Stephen's Church school on Friday evening. A large number of ladies and gentlemen attended, and the songs, &c, given by members, were much enjoyed. The evening finished up with a dance. The s.s. City of Sydney, with the English and American mails of October, arrived at Auckland on Saturday. The Hawea left Manukau with the southern bags yesterday ' morning, and is due at Wellington this afternoon. She comes on at once to Lyttelton, and returns to Wellington and Nelson tomorrow afternoon. At a meeting held at Gunn's Darfield Hotel, to consider the holding of the annual sports on Dec. 20, an influential Committee was elected, and Messrs Gunn, Mullins, and Gillard were appointed as a sub-Committee to see to the work of preparing the ground. Mr Augur consented to undertake the duties of Secretary. A banquet is to be given to Mr John Holmes, the member for Christchurch South, and will take place at the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday. The chair is to be taken by Mr C. Louisson, and the vice-chairs by Messrs A. G. Howland and Carmichael, the latter of whom was Chairman of Mr Holmes' Election Committee. The catering has been entrusted to Mr Messenger. A meeting of the General Committee of Management is to be held at the Scotch Stores at 8 p.m. to-morrow. On Friday evening a concert was given in the Oddfellows' Hall, Sydenham, under the auspices of the Druids, in aid of the widow and family of the late J. Gimblett. There was a good attendance, and the efforts of the Christchurch Troubadours, who provided the entertainment of the evening, were well appreciated. Messrs Fox, Farrant, Price, and Makanini, received encores for their songs. A ball followed the concluding farce. On Saturday morning a boy jnamed William Hall, eight years of age, was indulging in the risky practice of hanging on to the back of a vehicle in motion, when he came to grief. The vehicle was one of Heywood and €h.'s large lorries, used for the delivery of heavy goods from the railway. While swinging at the back, partially underneath the lorry, the boy got his foot between the spokea of a wheel, with the result that he was whirled to the ground and his leg broken. The accident occurred in Colombo street south, and the driver promptly stopped the horses, and the boy was picked up and taken to the Hospital. There was a fairly numerous audience at Chiarini's Circus on Saturday evening. The musical clowns — three of the Faust family — were deservedly applauded for their musical bell ringing ; ! Signor Chiarini, mounted on one of his j performing horses, made the animal go j through a number of surprising evolutions ; j Mr James Frame, the tiger tamer, entered j the wild beasts' cage, and made the tigers ' jump through hoops as though they had I been kittens; tho lady riders and other • performers were also successful in their : feats; and the clowns, especially Mr ; Holloway, provoked mirth by their coini- ! calities. The Circus will be open again this evening. ' On Saturday evening a very successful entertainment in connection with the Chiist- | church City Guards took place in the Drill- [ shed, under the direction of Mr Houlihan. | There was a fairly numerous attendance, j and the programme was gone through in a ! manner that received hearty applause. Miss Le Gassick sang very nicely " Lassie " ! and "The Blind Girl to her Harp." Mr J. H. Stringer's song, " The Scout," was also well sung, and as much may be said of Mr C. A. Fox's two songs, " Nevermore " and "Three Jolly Sailor Boys." The latter gentleman, with Mr Dougall, received an encore for the duet " I heard a Voice." The well known song " The Little Hero " was given by Mr W. R. Meers with great feeling and expression. Mr H. Fleming acted as accompanyist very efficiently. One of the features of the entertainment was Mr A. E. Bird's recitation, " Bay Billy," in response to an encore for which he gave '' Barbara Fritchie." The Garrison Band played three selections in good style, with .-pint and precision. The enteitainment concluded with a farce, the characters in which were capitally represented by Misses Ruby Wilton and Carrie Fischer, and Messrs F. E. Hyman, A. E. Bird and H. A. Glasson. Just at present (writes a correspondent Lord Savernake is exciting a good deal of attention by reason of his extravagance and eccentricities. This youth has only just come of age, and is the grandson and heir of the wealthy Marquis of Aylesbury. Lord Savernake drives about the West End of London in a costermongcr's barrow drawn by a fast-trotting donkey. The barrow is highly ornamented with brasswork, and the donkey carries a very handsome set of harness. His lordship's get up, as I saw him driving down Church street and Marylebfme the other day, was simply alarming. He wore a long light coat buttoned tightly down the front, and adorned (I am sure I am moderate in my computation) by at leasta hundred pearl buttons. His trousers, which were as tight as they could bo possibly made down to the aukles, ttv;!iinated in miniature balloons, well nigh hiding tho patent-leather bo ->ti, wlmh were also studded all over with }:<r.wl buttons. These wonderful trons'er.s 'wre triple dark stripes on a fawn •<:•« .1 •;■.,• ;d ground, and on the bott"ju.. 'he "pearlies" again figured pro-nin- ■•> 'v. A few evenings ago, I ha«. ■•.-.•- >n to visit ' the Marylebone Tin.':--;--. ":.e of tlio minor low-priced housi-s-, .njd there I again encountered His L'uiM.ip. Be was drinking at "the refreshment bar, and this time was accompanied by an individual, who, in all save features, was an actual double of the young nobleman. On inquiry, I found that this young man was his groom. " There is no beastly pride about Lord Savernake," said my informant. " What is good enough for him to wear lie thinks is none too good for his servant." This young lordling is a strange mixture of oddities and shrewdness, as he has a large number of hansom cabs running on the London streets, which, I understand, .are paying hjm remarkably well.