Local & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5873, 11 March 1887, Page 3

Local & General.

The IJorrnal School students were beaten at criclset by 15 of the boys attending the school, at Cranmer square, yesterday, by 25 ruts. Tha 8.8. Hawea left Auckland for the Souti, with the San Francisco mail on boaad, at 10 o'clock yesterday moaming. 'She annual outdoor treat of the inmates of the Sunnysid© Asylum will take place to-jnorrow weefc, at 2 p.m. Relations and faiends of the inmates are invited. The following are gazetted members ;of the Licensing Committee for Eyre* ! ton : — Robert Coup, Richard Evans, Matthew Edward Hiatt, Thomas Pashby, and Philip C. Threlkeld. The services of the Ashburton Cadets are accepted. The resignation of Lieutenant Garnett, of the Christchurch City Guards, is accepted. The Ashley School Committee met at the schoolroom for the usual monthly meeting on Monday March 7 ; present —Messrs F. Wright (Chairman), G. Bowron, jun., F. Croft, B. Flynn, and J. Dixon. The business was unimportant, with the exception of the Inspector's report being read, which was considered highly satisfactory by the Committee. A lad named Joseph Lamb, aged about eighteen yeavs of age, was arrettted on the West Coast road, Springfield, on Wednesday night, and will be charged at the Oxford E.M. Court to-day with stealing a number of articles, including a saddle, a gun, and an opera-glass from persons in Oxford and the adjacent districts. The attendance yesterday at the Canterbury Art Society's Gallery was very satisfactory, the number of visitors being equal to previous days. This evening the public is promised another very great treat by the singing of Madame Brazaudand the extraordinarily brilliant playing on the pianoforte of Mr Lund's talented pupil. We are requested to notify that the Exhibition is to be open for another week. :

| wai3(iwx«»irt.-v«T- t vw At the sitting of the Eesident Magistrate's Court at Waiaa yesterday, °Mr Ashton Wachsmann, .manager of the Hopefield station, was fined 3d pw head on 4000- sheep (&0) Mr Acton- Adams appeared for the defendant, and gave notice of appeal on several law points. The other two cases, for having rams among the ewes of an infected flock, were adjourned to Bangiora on Tuesday week. Mr Martin, Crown Solicitor, appeared 1 f"w the Sheep Department. ; On Wednesday evening the Hope ! of Cfcristchuroh liodfee, 1.0. G.T., held their usual weekly meeting. The Lodge was opened in doe form by Bro Wilson (acting W.C.T.) There being two can- ; didatee in attendance the came were I duly balloted and initiated, also one sister : for re-obligation who was duly balloted and [ re- obligated, and after a very pleasant and profitable evening the Lodge closed in due form by the acting W.C.T. { A. . C. WBmot, who is to repre- • •ent Canterbury in the 25 mile championship race, to be run at Ihvercargill on • March 17, has been carefully training \ during the past two or three weeks. Last • night he went the full distance, doing it in i 1 hour 29 minuteß. The pace would have » been faster had he not suffered under the / disadvantages of a head wind, semi-dark- I ness, and in the last five miles a creaking i machine, . He leaves for Invercargill on Monday next. j The Woodend Horticultural Society** Autumn show was held in the district schoolroom yesterday. Tlie entries were not up fc>> the average in- ! quantity, but the quality left little to be desired. In the fruit section some remarkably fine apples were shown, and the vegetables without exception were of first-class quality. A stand of 24 varieties of dahlias was placed on exhibition by Messrs Nairn and Sons, and attracted a (rreat deal of ■attention. Messrs Herberts and PitzgeraWs circus last night received deserved patronage by a large house. The various part* of the programme were performed in their usual masterly manner. The clever work done by M* Orchard's highly-trained Bronco horses,- and the pony Commodore, repeating the tasks allotted them with their accustomed certainty. The various tumbling, clown, and joggling feats lose none of their originality and excellence by being seen twice, and the laughable mechanic rider business finished a capital' programme. A nasty accident happened at Kirwee to lit W. . JJ Simpson's team last evenin tr. He had sent it to Ear wee for I coal to supply a threshing machine* ! The shafter, a young horse that had net* shafted before waa the horse that came to grief. The- leader, who is rather given to bolting, was startled in the railway yard, and 'commenced jumping -about, and by this means the backhand came undone, suspending the shafts by the tug chain. The shatter got his leg over one Bhaft when the leader bolted, and- in this waywas fairly dragged for about a mile and a half, and waeffightfully lacerated. The "Railway* Department ran |4n excursion train yesterday from Christchurch to the- Waimakariri Gorge and Springfield. The train consisted of nineteen carnages, with- sitting accommodation- for about 700' passengers, and' w&p «'rawn by three engines. About300j. --*erg«ra-were bookadtot Christchuroh and 30 from Lyttelton, and as large numbers joined the train -at Kaiapoi and Oxford' its carrying capacity was- taxed to tbe utmost.- Maay of the excursionists assisted at the Bowai Pass Races, but the great majority enjoyed themselves in exploring the Gorge. The weather was lovely, and everybody returned home safe and happy, and all the better for a- day in the pure mountauk sir. . At the weekly, meeting of the Rangiora Lodge of Good Templars, held on Wednesday evening, and attended by thirty-five members, a visit was received from one of the men belonging to H.M.'S? Nelson.. The visitor, in the course of a short address, mentioned that there were two Lodges of- Good* Templars on board the Nelsoo, working under the English and American Constitutions, the membership totalling 190. He also stated thatr there is a Lodge on board each of £b» me»-of-war stationed in the Australasian waters. A visitor was also present from on© of' the Auebiand Lodges, who stated that temperance- work- was making good headway in that sity. Before the meetfog closed arrangements were made to receive ajSarge number of visitors at thenext meeting from the jJnightstown^Christchurch cad Lyttelton Bodges. Messrs Taj-for- and Oatlfey have fast so time in making the right tamps ; for the Ban& Rotunda, for last eveainer |these were placed in position and lighted an experiment. They are very much !iike small street lamps and each nontains a triple burner. T&ewind laafcaight was pretty f*esh but the gas jets nevertheless burned with a fair amount of steadiness, and evidectfy they wouifl only fail to give eatiafactior^on such boisterous nights au no one would' ©are to be oot in the open air, even though listening to the most entrancing strains* The lamps-can be easily taken down andi stowed away in the cellar beneath the platform* which, indeed, it is intended- shall be their ordinary, resting place. The fourth anneal general meeting of the Richmond Football Cfab was held afe the Oxforil Hotel on. Wednesday evening. There was a large attendance of members. The report and balance-sheet were wad and adopted. The election of officers- resulted aa- follows : — Captain, J. Ballaatyne ; vice - Captain, M. Brown, Delegate, M. Brown ; Secretaay and Treasures, A. Praser; Geberal Committee, Measra M'Ginity, W. Napier, (J. Moore, wilih Captain aad Secretary j Match Committee, Messrs G. Moore, W. Fagen, A. Napier, W. Gieig, and the Captain ; Custodian, W. Heslip. There were several HBw members elected. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, Mr M'Ginity, brought the meeting to- a alose. i About half-past thre* o*clock yesterday | afternoon a somewhat serious accident happened to Mrs Seager, wife of Mr E. H. Seager, of Sunnyside. When she was driving over the Barbadoes street bridge h&r horse shied at a wheelbarrow, and she was thrown violently on to the road. She was picked up immediately and carried into the Star and Garter Hotel, where she was attended to by Mrs Toovey and also, by Mrs Gundersen, who happened to be passing, who found her to be very much cut about the face and head and terribly shaken. A cab was procured, and the lady was then driven home to Susnyside.