NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11486, 20 January 1903, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

There are fifteen eases of meealea in Linwood at present, and two of scarlatina. : The Westport Oo»l Compaoy's outpjrt J«* week was 15,694 torn 15owt. The official opening of the Westprat waterworks is fixed for Thursday next. Tie Sydenham Borough Council last night adopted the Mayor** report, which recommended th* eefctiemeot by arbitration «f item* in dispute between tie Couaom and it* contractor. Tl» railway authorities intend to flac* on No. 2 wharf, Lyttelton, a. couple of boxes for the saie of train tkkete. Oα and after February let paseengere axritins at the port will b* able to talto iJbeir t»cke« from the wharf to Chrietchuroh. A novel and interesting it*m has been added *o the programme of events in coMKction with the "New Brighton G«l» en Thursday aext. It is a practical exhibition of raft work' m the breakers, and its utility in saving people from drowning. The weekly municipal bend conceit will be given on the Rotund* to-morrow evening, instead of Thursday, oj the authoritiet ■lave kindly waived their claim to tie services of the Garrison Band, which has been engaged to play at the New BrightonGala. The train from Uulvenlen yesterday afternoon ran . Into a horse that wa» etrayiag on the line near H&warde-ii. The animal .wa» 'thrown clear of th* rails, and the train did not puU up. A man was sent back from the next station to Kill the ihoxse, as H tras apparently seriously injured. During the past year dredging has co&t the Timaru Harbour Board no less tiutn £5270 18* lid. At a meeting of the Board, held y«rt«rday, thi» was oondemned a« too costly, and it was decided to ask the Engineer to report feasibility of pumping the silt Worn the harbour on the same principle as that applied at .Dun* edm. A British .postcard, started out by a Mr F. T. Cooper, Kichmoml, Surrey, England, to certain banks in Suva, Fiji, Kadapoi (N*w Z*a!and), Cwlganlie (Weetem Australia), aid Lagos (South Africa), on December 19tli, after leaviitg Suva, readied the Bank of New Zealand, Kaiapoi. By th* time the «ard reaches England again -t will have encircled th* globe. . About half-ipaet three yesterday afternoon a quantity of; dcawe emoke was observed iesuiag fiwi tJj» interior of (lie Kaiapoi lockup, and as a prisoner named Wilson was confined therein the door Was unlocked with as littf.e deky as possible. It was found that the bedding and.mattreM in the cell were on fire, and that Wilson -was partially enwfchered. ■'; Fresh air nod cold water, however, quickly revived him, aad he was thereupon liberated oo tail. -. . At 6, meeting of' the General Committee for the AehbuTton Coronalioa and Fallen Troopers' Memorial, it. was ireported tbat the (design of Mr Hurefc-Seoger, of Chijetchuroh, had been accepted. It was decided that the Executive Committee be empowered to caarry out the work According t>6 the design aooepbed, subject to the approval of the Ashburton County Council. By i&« Tar»w*m yesterday Messrs H. Matson «odi Co. shipped to -client* in tne Wairarap» district 57 stud rams, 45 of which were English Leice*tew, from th* flock of Jr W. B. Andrews, .of (keenpark, sod 12 were Comedwles from Messrs K. •Dd' J. Reid, DarfieM. There k * fair enquiry for rants from the North Island, which must be an iodfcatiott tiiat sheepowaers in that part wish to hay« their rams earlier in tbe year than the local ram fair. . A debate took place in iia Opera House, Greymouth, betiw*e» B«r. Mr Trestrail, Wesleyao clwgyman, and Mr T. H. Smith, oh benaM of the licensed vkstuaHere, on the programme iatu«k last Nov«sjtber« The gWe w*s crowded to suffocation. A Press Association telegram states thai opinion was divided a* to (be debate. The meeting wee orderly, Mr Gttlnnaes presiding. Bot£ tbe «pe*k*tw vere dw*>ed.«t Uμ oond*sio% The iwuit «f th» debase will be dm* e»£S6 for tli* local JweplUl. Mr Twrtrail asRoncvdUmt fee woftld btxe It* defeats reported and published in pamphlet fofOh On Sunday, the Lyttelton Homing Society held «, pigeon mm front Ammrley, where twelve young birds were %b*r*ted at 9.30 in, the weather being, cairn, with a drittding rain. Th* first bird tnu Mr J. F. Fommn'a Chance, which arrived nt Lyttelton at 10.39 ».m-, «, velocity of 816.16 yds « minute. The second w*e Mt F. Hern*- Havelock, with • velocity ot 805 yd». The others homed within (he time limit, lnr 40ndns. Tb* member* of the Soofctv desire to thank the stationmaster at Amberky for liberating tibe btrcU. Tbe fumval of th* late Mr WHtta** Wale* took place yesterday *ftemoon.' Oat of Tcapect for «n old Crbnean man-of* warsmari a p»rty of blnejack*le from H.M.S. Archer bore th* ooftbi to tlie grave in the Church of EngilMtd otnetory, Jjyt* telton. A cteUChmcut of «he Naval Artillery under Chief Petty Office* Toomey attended, also .members of th* Loyal Orty of Norwich Xedg* of Oddfellowe, *nd th* Canterbury Kdlwinning Masonic Lodge. Amoaget other moomers present were' Mr G. Laureneon, M.H.R., and o»pt*ine Wm'tby tod MttroieL Tbe R*v. Owon Goatee conducted the burial mmo*. Tbe Licensed Tfctuallera, at a largely tittended meeting held yesterday* resolved that every member of tiw tride should strictly carry out the licensing laws, end that tb avoid any possibility of illegal Sun* <Uv trading in future the hotcUaemrs of <7hrisUihurch and Lyttelton would decline to serve any traveuen with drink. It was oko resolved that a circular be istued to tvwy member of th* trad*, strictly urging them to us* every legitimate effort to prevent the slightest breach ot til* licensing taws occurring in tneir respective houets, A special committee was appointed to see that tb* above resolutions are carried into effect. At « meeting of the Timaru Harbour Board, held yesterday, a ddsoussion took place on the <pn*pect* of the coming harvest from an export point of view. "Mr Turnbtdl said that although th*r* w*i more wheat sown ibis year Atom tbere w*» last year, th* position m regwpd to it would ■be about the earn*, becaas* stocks were not run out last year a* they a*e this year. The estimated acreage in Oftfiterbwy under wheat this* year was 136,316 acr*% «s compared with 119,858 acres last year. The Chairman said that he had travelled all over New Zealand, and from what he could Mβ there was goi»f to Iμ a record crop this year. A email consignment of butter put vp in lib tin* by the Huroa Butter Factory Company, Victoria, in November, 1901, end sent as ordinary cargo to Paonhvg, one of the district* of China, 2300 mil** inland from Shanghai, reaohed it* destination in such excellent condition that one of the tins was returned unoDened to Melbourne, and o*m* -o hand oa.Deoemoer 24th last, having time been carried about without special care for fourteen months. The tin was opened on the 7th is«t., in the presence of Mr R. Crowe, Government dSaicy expert, and found to be excellent in textau* and oondit on, though, ol course, the quality was not as good as that of the butter jo*t made. There is much speculation aa to the future of the -ew Zealand FloaMdlhn' Association (says the "Otego Dafly Times") A directors' meeting to consider the iituft* tion was held at Timaru on Thox*day night hut, but the proceedings have not been nude public It is rumoured thai owing to a oumber of to* millers standing «4, the matter is held ia abeyance for tike pnesenf. As, however, the present agnemant expires on February 28th, •one decision must soon be arrived at. Amongst Hμ milling firms whose names are mentioned *4 likely to statd out ate on* in Southland, two in Deoedtn, one in Timani, wsd'one in Oamaro, but, of «oonw, this is only rumow, and it is difioult to obtain drtnhe Jn/ormabiot,, It is'asto st*t*d that If* ide* of s> *ev«n yean' agreement has bean atandoceoV an) tne term: proposed is sew aaid to UeiUwr two or fir* years.

Th* crops en the Omihl Flat* part of the Glenma-rk estate, are- appAISHM more forward -than any othegns uTiulliV Canterbury. The binder has at work ia wheat, «?ts, end the crops are splendid, the having suited the district. t^JHB At the conclusion of tiie the Theatre Royal last night the eon Dramatic Company, at tieof Mr R. Stewart, «unemb-cd on tin im9H| Mr Stewart said h» hud received *, message from Mr J- C. Williamson' ing baa of the toirti of a daughter. tBIm health of Ml- and Mrs WHBameoa WmJH new addition to the firm wse Mr Ha*tiogß, and duly honoured. alco arranged that a. memento of tb«- H J3§jSran lock Hbbnea ,, tour should be preaaidaSffijilß Miaa Willinanson. J ,^mJßl Tfoe North Canterbury Infantry go into camp at th* A. and P. A Grounds at Addington, next Sunday IjffijlJl The list of the members of the GaMMm! bury Chamber of Commerce, entithd 'SjHJffl vote at the forthcoming election of twajfflßß •preventatives on the LyttelUm HeitiMßral Board, is open for inspection At th» jShhh Mr Walter Bartlett, of Pat&ekantu TJkhl Silverhope isays the HunttrviUe press"), has just clipped 21701b of whSS! horn 123 sheep, an average of 17lb ISmH ThU is about the record fur tht ro^|s§||] 111 a railway by-laws oflenee case apoi yesterday it was stated the depufMag|j] expected tbe Court to allow the necessary, of its servutfte, and an for their wages. The order was |f| In reepeet of the evidence given tt, ilfi 11 West Oxford inquest, it is uudmtotf W$M police intend to take action, but the t*mj& m ing Act does not provide for dealing any question lektingto licenses of amPra except ai. tht quarterly meeting:. $mM Hubert Wilson was charged at KikMH rastcrday irjth boarding a twin in behaving to the guard in, * violent way*iSl||i] threatening a passenger- For the train he was fined 10s, and 20» the other charges. ' *»3| In consequence of the dry weather, id there not being a regular water Gisborae, the licensee of one of the ffiMnm hotels ban, a Oisborne resident inform! wgji to purchase water at a coet of aboutJMHg| per <Jay. And, strange to relate, the VsM§a| is purchased from a brewer. SSfi An unpreoedented flood occurred Mgfi| Whangarei on Sunday morning. etfftesßH bridges being destroyed, and i ninidinHmM damage being done in the town and the-fiMml trict. The recent im&m brought doimlßjl large number of logs on the higher ***cWn| of tke liver*. , -. -.'. iWffl The trawler Napier appears to be *taJ§»§ well in deep waiter off Bank* , She is now under Captain has hod muoh «xp*rieoc* in tr*wliß|[|JaH Horn*- She ' landtd ' yesterday wujIMW a couple of tons of fish. **■«* iDofa| *MH •olee, kinglish, mold, ling, terakihi, MMM] groper, aU finding a quick tale in OfcattHH church. The Kapler ha* gome out for >WBM ther trawling cruiae. '"J . A local cydiet, who" hag jturt ' from a trip to Mount Cook and Lake wwdw tipu, him acknowtedged in tb* book ct the local agency of th* Toini* tWER] putmeot, that he found the ii&raMNt»H| given by the offlwr in charge motfe u*p|H| and-reliable. Other cyclut«, who mttf efjHll template a ehnilar trip, will obtain tw>i«H oeeury information from the office Tourkt Department, Forty men are to be engaged to commence the extension of the IfefyiH railway between Reefton and t*ke lorn htta Junction, on the co-operative t?4«| 9H Eighty men regktered applicatione ployment. Thi* (remariot aa «scbMf9|flH startling. When » small mining <f!*ggß like Reefton can roll up eighty mwip»gjHH| oi a moment'«,notioe, it*n»k«e one t*JNJM and wonder how m*nv eiwmpioyea ji whole colony could produce •£ * *******j^Bl Marriage in tbe Pollard, Openi GHjH panr tread on on* •notbet'i awiit tbej follow. The lafwt, _ took place in Dunectin ok' afuikwH of Chroma* Eve {•aye "Pi^«d»> t JiIH «« a gmt »uTpri»e to tb* mmmm ot'jjPJßH company, end was celebrated between lnH| MftTT Whitaker, of Auckland, who. *>#m de lWt« ie m|m Mary Hamilton, awUje Cntfield, lat« ol the Roytl »»7« jiMI happy pair U*v» in tbe oowra* «l a> d»ys for • hoeeyawon trip Zealand, wtutoing" to South and tattling there.. • ' A* Lyttelton yttt«rd*.y, bif»re Wiritby and Mr J. Orubb, J.P.'a, I|H| QMißberUin, a> fimnen <tm *b* P*q*f|Mß| ooairioted of steaenlg •jm^^yfl^H kw f «9d was- aedtenoed *« ,^re* iWrieonmeot, with bud OftTia aad Daniel ,Living»ton, at tbe railway station on were fined—the fortter, who am, 2fti, and the latter 10*. ".S^f^^H Boeaell, was Jet oft w&K • oaatlo»,«tfijHH| tion tint she wart to men d»yi. A nr»t oflender f« newi, who had beck lodM UP A«HB cbqr night, was conrkted ud *" , ?!Sj|^^H Several «egmtkw hem t»ee : Ihe Lytteltoa Harbowr Board by |ka>lNß ly-fonocd Bttmwr BAaiifyiag for inn*OT*de tb* w<M«i4««'J*»J l^ i ߧe fa&n aak«a for permission to H%iM portion of taw teach m * flnetl high wader mark/«wi te?:'**S£B ot'pkrit* or timber to form », taetsttHwe or SSTwall Th* reqowUd 0 H will h»ve the tb* C*veßock repaired «n4 it oan wgge>t« remedy, for the fexreaftiaff ofleiisiT* nuisailoesin Rock. Tbe letter queato "wa» read at yestenh/s Board, and referred to the provunenta Committee, ft may tfhat ihe Care Bode ie not T«tei Board, bet in the Crown, ao- that can take no «ction in regard to n committed there. '' V'^laHH BeterenceW mod« at ing of the tvttelton Harboer BohA-wM| death of the* laM Captain Board's Uvte Head Pilot. The CtamMHH in his (report, ttated that Jμ WjW~jjHH| members would join with hite ht tmation of ciooere regret At dkpun'MHH braiUi'e death. They were aware had leave on fall wr dttrlftf ncventeen month*. Howetwr 9 i «*'!'*jSM| member* of the Board some further recognition of faithful senfices, ♦here was Uμ Harboun Act* to enable so. ToefefoM, until the law t no compaMionaU allowances i>t could be gffanUd by the "f4HHH| He would mm, "That the Iytt*tMj-;||HM hour Board express their at the death of Captain John their Chief Pilot, aad record tbtiraWgeMß tion of his long attd faithful sMriOM : «H| th* past twenty-*ix jeara, «ad U» desire to oonrey to bis widow their sincere sympathy wM» bncarement." The motfon was <M*eHH animooely* t ' , -^^^Hh BtKunea* at the Police Court w#s jMHH day conducted by Menem B. tor aad T. Yorke, J.P.'a, who male first offenders o> each, aad firrt offeoder, who did'sot •uptar* costs for' drunke&eess. MatmWwas fined Si, for being found drunk in Victoria, street on the Albert Ebnltb, for -whom Mr Hunt IHHH was charged with assaulting OqtttjiHtfMl son nn Bftturday. Mr Hast day's remaadj but Berg«*]it coadwted t,be owe for thst poHee, Mr Hunt pointed out thai « u» only been •nested late on Iμ a*d had no defence. The Bench granted and alknred bail, ooe b^bbbbbl upon » chwge of bniax bkrek, T»leed •* *1", »« S Adams, on the Hwt, wl» appeared for Ifte plied for a> remfnd. Cfartstoll swd h* would apply **.<gfflHH rieawl, as tt»e ««u»ed hU »m*Ud at 11 e'dock on i«d there were a munJxr o{ aail^|H|^H IMUIitIUL ' t - "i. VA^SB^H^bbbbbl "" * " _

p .-•..,.., ' , .. if' Th» following is the allocation of tie vote ! ' 4 547k000 for wJbool buildings in the } Zdtturi— Auckland, £9950; Otago, v £53):; North Canterbury, £6300} W<A- ! MartttP. £5300; Wanganui, £4200; South- ■; -55T183530; Hawkee Bay, £2700; XelC ST <5250; South Canterbury, £1900; I SLrieJd, £1750; Mariborough, £950; ■ £850, and Westiand, £800. . Si Cree Brown, a Dunedln cyclht, > recently called at the local agency of \-''Mβ Tourwt Department, and obtained inregarding a cycling tour to 4-%j|teaTgfieid, Oxford and the Waimaka''■otm Goige bridge; t° La,Ee Coleridge, thence fffe(fri Methven and Ashburton, has supplied |l't ifce department with a full description of route, and has also presented a number W^ -#■ photographs of the scenery to be met Tiro trip took three days, the diebeing 160 milee, and the only bad T'~ . s 'n|pn of road met with wae between the fy^ : y¥<ob Coast rood and Lake Coleridge. If &' W« take the following notes on the local j market from the journal issued by ! ?|l?;itti Department of Labonr . on January '*M? J*b:— Building trades: Still very busy, j ■f. : J?'-«ptpt amongst bricklayers and stonessp&mjlsons; there is; a little falling-off in these :;'sf;v-} ; i|m> branches. Engineering trades: Still '■. If? "j>ftWj busy, an improvement on last month. Bi» tttuie: No material change, still far frWtt being satisfactory. Clothing trades: W\' : - 80 specially active; a good deal of overly , ; i« beinv' worked in preparation for ■?' Cbriatmas and New Year .holidays. Tan- ">■:■*•' iiitt ud fellmongeriiig trad**: Tanning ' ituT rather stack, rather worse tlwn last i- B»nth- In the pelt department hands are -'. bfiog taken on every week, and it is ,:' npecUd that this state of tilings Mill con- - ti&ue for gome time ivet. . Wool department ' oh the increase, ami is gradually working ; A onwards. Coachbuilding trades: Still con-. c* tirOM firm; all hands are fully employed. ,?' Retail trade (general): A good steady biu>i- %■"■•■ DeM is being done all round. Unskilled l> Übour: Quite a number of applicants, bot'a I* married and single! from the other colonies. tr men have been sent to employment |r daring the month. fi£ ■ Take your choice in Road Carts. The '"§,:.'" "Daisy." the "Colonial Gig," the "Studt- '§£:: bakfr,' , each one without a fault. Mor-■-;s§" jew, and Co., Cashel street. 4542 Wasted Known—Jewellery «ale, for one ifp e*nth, of watchee, clocks, rings, brooches, '.M : " $tA »ll other classes of jewellery, cold at it'r-: gteatlj reduced prices. K. Grieshaber, C Watchmaker and Jeweller, 155 Colombo ■■)§.h\ If r o * aTe fiu't'st suspicion that jffe JftMtf eyes are not just right, if they bother is any way, it'e best to have them %s^:(ouunined at once. Do not go to the optician or spectacle seller, for hfc l|££|a' unable to distinguieh between optical §tv . dtftcte and diseases, but consult John K. p!;- Procter, 180 High street, Cliristcnurch, »'■ 'who will give you a thorough examination IlKfW* of chaw. " ..." » ■ 2115 |fe;-. Bicycle* for l§o3. Just arrived, ehip|i^''n«t ; ex c.». Turakina, of new Hudson's : ittWt models. Ladiew sad gente. Adami t Bun Cycle Depot, 136 Lower High street. |Sv..''■,..■: .' '. ' ■ . 43 ■■! - -Jam Jam.—Mason's extra strong patent ■»?:. Au» jam jars, with patent air-tight tops, XV flt»rt*4e 6d doB., half gallon 7s doz. . John $■ •■■ H»ll>bd Co., late Hubbard, Hall and Co., v ;v - jMii'lfibttr and Thompson*, Chmtcburch. ?:|;V: -iMvtj : ■_ . ■ ■ • It Iβ a singular coincidence that the |f.V most" jraoeful-lady cyclisUi are Jnvariably mounted on Zealandia bicycles.Smanufacfe; tmtd by Gates, Jx>wry and Co., and this »!*'■ het if aew generally recognised.—(Advt) fis, -, %o hot«U end boardinghouse-keepera.-^ fe fteteher Bros, quote wholesule Jdioee lor m■■ tveMm, cntlery, spoons, fork*, tea and *»»«», ett*, glaesware, hou»ehold Iran-m-:U.'aunfutj, *tc.- '■ In-fact everything you want In it wloleial* prices, at Fletcher Bros., direct W Lower Hi?b Street.—(Advt.) m i*H»'fortune* have been realised by H ftivtntcrs. See handbood on "PaIf 4 teats," from Baldwin and Kaywwd P- (JL H. Hart, representative), 172 Qlonowter gl jtfM*»Obrl»tdiu»h.—(Advt) 4 «" 'ffrtOßM an d»Uy made by clever invenM tkqi. See Undbook, boy to obtain "PaMk *<*W" lor inventions, free by poet from B' BaMwia sad Baywaxd. 172 Gloucester CSttistchurcb. A. H. Hart, reprc■fr -t)eat»tiT*»—(Advt.) * I ¥•*• merjtnoe tug tftught the public b- ibti B«s>tb's great half-yearly sales are 1 emiMl'M* t0 4m overlooked by those in 1 Nttob <tf ; «ial This sale the H cteirf« 4tt non; eager; than ever, which |§ . i« ft 4*odt& pnwf of pubUo confidence. |§ Vtsiiag Amencan dresses 9a lid for 6s X, U4> loteljr wbiW skirts 10s 6d for 7s IM, Oboic» »ak blouse* )8s lid for 13s M> jaoksrts 21s for 7& Ud, dress aktrU H|rb4ffil «{ lor 24s 6d, children's *ifk hats and fo 114 ior 2s lid, picture bat* !§ "*W tocuee 21s for 9s Ud r £9« 6d for 14s P| m fsatbtf ruffles 17s 6d for 9s lid. Study Hfe|fe|th , i windows for bargains. 10 ■Sif iipiink "Crown" Brand Teas and save alt pxi«s,. Every packet and tin EjE'inpwfan tomom ai tbe rat* of one coupon fat&pound of "Crown" Brand Tea. ii& ifc 4ttpl*.y of prize* in window, |ncludrng js'aini jpiaao, to be givea »w*y for Dβ1902, competition. John Hall and 111 j&JfcL» hie Hubbard, Hall and Co., next IHfnffiff? , QOOI P BOII ' e ' Chnatchuxcu,— tße olos* o/ our very suetale, Harrx'e Imperial Boot Depot to thank the public for tbe solid accorded. They oko intimate tiiat h*r» sAtatfaotorily arranged to remain y«ar in their present premise*, and *l*d to Kβ their cuetontera at U» 207 Ca«bel street. 22 fj&M-$ I sWto Envelopes, well assorted; 2000 mote and letter papers, good and folio papers, every size and <jua/ibouMtMU account books, ail tises now on sale by H. J. Wood ii§iijf'Go,, ** anprecedeetedly low price** vgamjSQ** jemasltes and stationers' sundnes, of Xarge new stock of photo. am pboto. frames. Xhousaods of wota, just landed, aieo unmeose a»of cheap xudmg. A great sale of |oods upstairs. Inspection iimted Wood and Co., Stationers' Halt, Ifp'Pilt titat. Remember too whole r.tcck