Local & General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6649, 13 September 1889, Page 3

Local & General.

N Battery, Lyttelton. — A " bread and butter " dance will be held in connection v/ith the above in the Oddfellows' Hall this evening. Pedlars, &c. — Prosecutions will probably shortly take place at Kaiapoi for breaches of the Borough by-laws against haivkers and pedlars. Midland Cricket Club. — The annual meeting of this Club is advertised to take place to-morrow evening, at half-past eight o'clock, at Warner's Commercial Hotel. Entertainment. — Tbe lantern exhibition which was postponed on Wednesday on account of the inclemency of tho weather will be given thia evening in the V.M.C.A. Hall. Complimentary Dinner. — On Friday . next the employers of Mesars Whitcombe and Tooib9, Limited, will give a complimentary dinner to Mr George Tombs, in the Mutual Life buildings. DaA-iiATrc Performance. — The Riccarton Dramatic Club will proceed to Taldhursfc thia evening and perform an original drama, entitled "Sydney Lewis, the Bone Boiler." The entertainment will be followed by a dance. Eifle Shooting. — A match was fired last night at the Terminus range between Messrs Crouipton and Co. and Mesßj-s O'Brien and Co., when the former won by six points. The following are the scores : — Crompton and Co. 270, O'Brien and Co. 264. Railway Excursion.— ln connection •with Messrs Wood and Laurie'B timber Bale on Thursday next an excursion train will be run to Little River and back, leaving Christchurch at 10 a.m. and returning at 5.30 p.m. Full particulars will bo found in an advertisement. St John Ambulance. — The examination of the Nursing Class at the Hospital was \ completed yesterday. There were twenty ladies who presented themselves as candidates, and it is satisfactory to have to state that they all passed successfully. The details will be reported later on. Concert.— A concert will be given in the Oddfellows' Hall, Woolston, thiß evening. The first part of the programme will consist of the cantata " Esther, the Beautiful Queen," which will be rendered by the Christchnrch Choral Society, and the second part will be of a miscellaneous character. Mb Sullivan's Mission. — Mr G. T. Sullivan continued his mission at the Tuam street Hall last night. The hall was crowded in every part. Mr Sullivan's address was attentively listened to, and at its conclusion he thanked his hearers for their attention. There will be a similar meeting in the same hall to-night. Palace Rink.— -Mr Donnolly is desirous of affording beginners every opportunity of taking their lessons, and announces that those desirous of doing so in the morning will find the Rink open between seven and eight o'clock. Preparations fcr the manager's benefit on Monday evening are in a forward state, and the programme promises an excellent evening's amusement. West Christchukcii School Commit = tee. — Tho usual monthly meeting was held on Wednesday evening, Sept. 11; present — Mr D. Reese (Chairman), Messrs J. Munnings, W. Pirie, J. Wendelken, and A. Alfreys. Messrs Kirk and Winny sent apologies. It was agreed to constitute the whole Committee au Entertainment Committee, and hold a special meeting in a fortnight's time to arrange matters in connection with it. The Secretary was instructed to write to the Board and urge the necessity of improving the ventilation of the infants' schoolroom before the hot weather sets in. Tenders for the supply of stationery for the ensuing twelve months were received from Messrs Whitcombe and Tombs, H. J. Wood and Co., and | Fountain Barber, and the tender of tha j latter was accepted. The Board forwarded the Inspector's reports on the main and side schools, which were generally satisfactory. Accounts were passed for payment amounting to £15 4s 2d, and the meeting adjourned. A BBUTAii Official Murder. — A pitiful tale of official brutality, followed by popular vengeance, comes from Japan. At Yeiko, one of the principal towns in Corea, there lived a well-to-do gentleman named Boku, who devoted himself to philanthropic work, and was in consequence looked upon as almost a saint by his neighbours. Some months since the Corean Government imposed a poll-tax of 170 mon, equal to 96 sen, upon the townspeople, who were determined to resist, had not Boku come forward and paid the entire levy, even Belling some of his property to enable him to do go. His action in the matter aroused the suspicion of tho authorities, who evidently thought ho desired to make himself a power in the district. The result was that 400 constables recently surrounded a house in which he chanced to be, dragged him violently into the street, and beat him to death. This brutal treatment of their benefactor greatly enraged the townspeople, who, rising in a body, attacked the constables, killed many, and wounding most of the survivors. A Big Mining Transaction. — The Argus sayß : — Our report of the stock and share mnrket this morning records a notable transaction by Messrs Clarke and Co., brokers — namely, the sale in one line of 2250 shares in the Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Limited, at -£5O per share on account of Mr P. K. Bd/Caughan. Tbe purchase money amounts to £112,500, and it is stated that this is the largest single transaction ever effected in the Australian share market, and falls not far short of the gross value of the total sales of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne on the busiest day of the "boom"— vis., £127,000. The price quoted is equivalent to a total of £500 a share, prior to the subdivision, for each original £25 share, and is by far the highest price ever paid for these shares, being £87 above the maximum rate reached in the "silver boom." The Broken Hill Proprietary shareß, which opened in January 1887 with sales at £84. 10a, closed that year saleable at £77. At the beginning of the next year an active demand Bet in, and after the first sale at £180 the price rose rapidly, reaching £413 on Feb. 22, falling to £184 on June 9, and finally, after many changes, closing at £302. After considerable fiuctations since then these shares have gradually reached the equivalent of £500 each. Theatre Royal. — The "Great Maccabe " gave last night at the Theatre Royal the second of his programmes for the present season. As he deserved, be had a very large audience, who seized every opportunity for showing, by their applause and laughter, how thoroughly they appreciated his performance. The novelties — if very old favourites can be styled novelties because they are given for the first time in a season — were "The Irish Philosopher," "The Obstinate Man," "The Railway Porter," "The Lancashire Lad," and the burlesque melodrama, "Vanquished Villainy, or Virtue Victorious." In these, especially the last, Mr Maccabe demonstrated his astonishing versatility, each character throughout the evening betraying no sign, that the impersonator was the same that had appeared in the others. How one person can bo completely identify himself with bo many, and so widely dif- . fering roles, ia simply a marvel. Mr Maccabe has a way of taking his audience into his confidence, which adds greatly to the success of his efforts, and in nothing does this more clearly appear than in the melodrama. Here he pitilessly exposes the Becrete of the sensational dramatist, but he does so with an amount of good nature which roba the exposure of anything approaching unfairness. Nothing thakJhe says or does will interfere in any way with the thorough enjoyment of those who intend to visit the Theatre during the sensational season promised by Mr Bland Holt; on the contrary, in all probability Mr Maccabe'a clever burlesque, of the productions of the dramatic school, of which Mr Holt is so eminent a dismple, will whet rather than pall the appetite of the-public. There is no^ub*r in '- a^ lC * 8e » that l£r Maccabe will draw largo audiences daring the remainder of hisseaßon. Laßt: