NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11487, 21 January 1903, Page 7

NEWS OF THE DAY.

the auction advertisements of George Aitig and Co., F. &. Malcolm and Co., C B. Wilson, 2'aylor, Cole and Co., Harcourt «d Co., and W. T. JRobinson will be found on p. 11 of tbia issue. The erection of the new lighthouse tt Upe Campbell is. to t» proceeded with at 7 **«• The .Present structure, which has eixn ite best days, wiJl be replaced by one of modern deeign, 64ft high. o° r Dunedin correspondent telegraphs that the Health Officer of that city yeeter«*y found a baker with ecarfet fever work- - j->« «t his oven with tie skin peelinsr off hi* hands. B Commanded by H.R.H. Princess Chrismw, a Isew Zealand artist, Mr J. King, has Minted » representation of tlm grave of the Wβ Prince Christian Victor, in th* cemewy an Pretoria. On the motion of Mr Cresswell. his Hon- ■ s&r Dutnct Ju% e Ward has granted pros'* un^»; t '» ™» «* tihe late Donald •' %***> of Weeteitfeld. to deceased's widow . we executrix named in the will. Mr 8.. W. Barry, secretary of the VeterRlnd ' Teceiv «<i « oh»que tor «»fl«, toetng the proceeds of an entertain«w«jn»ng«d by Miss Bel!, of Kawaxa, j of the memorial to the we rerrier-Sergeant Turner," of Amber"SJ* I «*° was killed in the Bothasberg ■gat, has been postponed from th* 24th enant to Satixrday, the 31st, owing to ■J?" t!ie facings of the memorkl not Wag quite ready. ft t ther Magistrate's Court Si 117 ' the furmula belonging to the oath of blowing out a match is '2 Lke the English one. The witness «WU» to epeak the truth.*tbe whole truth. «W nothing but the truth, "so help me Attiw half-yearly meeting of the OanSf'wayßowing Club, held last night, Mγ *. I. Cowlishaw was elected captain, and ** A. L. Stycht a member of the Racing . V»amittee. There was a good attendance , * J"? meeting, and Mr Morrison, deputy *?**&»» was in the chair. A Wellington telegram states that at "**«» y«9t«rday land having a frontage J* 111 feet to Willis etreet. and 119 feet *»<£•»•« Lane, was sold by the execu- • SLTx* 1 " late Robert Leery, and pur••72?*T y Mr John Dutbie for £19.000, JNBI7O per foot. It is understood the £"U»»« was acting on behalf of the City The price is a record one for *** pMt of the city. - 11!^ , ™*** 11 ? « f the Hannan Memorial Committee wae held last night, at Z?T_. lt xvas etated ttat the memorial to be placed in St. Michael's •taffc. *** n by cable mes- "? m Home. It was also reported ~J* BOhecriptions had come in very satisJ**jW|iy- The Committee hope that those mtend to contribute will forward *?* Wbscriptions to the treasurer, Mr F. n. Bans. few**? 01 * which is current in well-in-fa*f* commercial circles in the city aeeins Hot* l tlu,t ! o>nt companies we Ko illiberal as they are some* S»* made out to be. It is" stated that ,7™» Manning and Company have writ"2 ~ one «f their tenants* "in Lyttdton W^?^ 116 re,!t of the Vreo-wes l**»ed to £250 pr annum. It w als;) "llta * m tl,e CUK<! °f im intending 3"». who offered £175 i>tr annum for f ,, ™"! premises, the directois of the same B«y replied intimating tluit they accept £150. Tlwee reductions lot, it is uudeistood, aaktd for in com

A Conference of delegates from iocai bodies has decided on Wednesday as the ctay for the half-holiday in Wellington city and the suburbs. The Tramways Committee of the Dunedin City Council recommend the ordering of a temporary steam plant for electric trams at a cast of £7000. As showing to what extent the "week ■end" excursions are popularising Queenstown as a place of holiday resort, it may be mentioned (telegraphs our Duaedin. correspondent) that »t the first of them 113 adults travelled on tho steamer, at the fltcond 139, and on Saturday 210 —a total f<-T three trip* of 462. The editing of the work on New l&caland, which -ur K. \V. McMurran, of >'ew York, was engaged on by the Government, has been entrusted to .Mr (J. 0. Montrose. The book will be entitled ,- me New Century Trip—New York to New Zealand," and it is euppiaed to describe this colony from the American (standpoint. The National Dairy Association has made arrangement* with the Union Steam Ship Company to charge freight (exclusive »t railage or lighterage at the port of shipment) at the rate of ten shillings per ton grows weight on all butter and cheese from non-grading coastal ports to London. A man charged yesterday with disobedience of a maintenance order, discovered, when the case was beginning to go hard against him, that he would produce. £1 before noon th? next day, and considerably reduce the arrears if given a little longer respite. His hopes of escaping from imprisonment were dashed' to the ground by Mr Beetluun, who clinched the matter at once by .sentencing him to -two months' hard labour. " Easy to size that fellow up," was the audible comment of the Magistrate. Messrs H. Slater, G. Moon, and E. M Smith, the members of the Entertainment Committee, set up at the annual meeting of the Royal Humane Society, met festerday afternoon for the purpose of discus.•ing details of the entertainment, proposed to be given in aid of the Society. After some informal discussion it was decide-! that each member of the Committee should work tip two or three events and report at a, subsequent meeting, when the programme would be arranged. The Committee then adjourned till Thursday afternoon, January 29th. At 11.30 a.m. on Tuesday a fireball seemed to fall from the heavens on the farm of Mr fctteevington, at Ohoka. For a time it caused much consternation to those who witnessed the same. For a few minutes there was (writes a correspondent) a distinct smell of hair or wool singeing, with, a trac? of sulphur fumes, out any attempts to discover the track or effect of the fireball, or sudden flash of < lightning, were fruitless. It was accompanied by a loud sound, as of a great rushing wind. Those whysttw it say the light was as dazzling as that of the sun. The arrangements for the New Brighton Gala to-morrow are nearly complete. A special feature will be the exhibition oi fire-drill by the ladies who created such a favouraßle impression at Lancaster Park on Saturday. Large entries for all the events on the piogramme have been received, and everything points to a successful gathering. The «and-building competition will, u« in previous years, prove c. decided attraction, and the competitions in the athletic portion of the programme are likely to be interesting. Arrangements have"been made by tne Committee iSr trams to run every hour from the square and the Clock Tower. Our Wellington correspondent telegraphs that the firet passenger motor-car carrying ten passengers and a driver, made a trial trip to Island Bay yesterday morning. The run from the. Courtenay Place end of Kent terrace to the Island Bay Hotel, wae accomplished in twenty minutes, and! tne return journey occupied about the same time. The car ran very smoothly, and took the grades on the low speed gear. Thie particular car was not built as a paseenge" car, but for the purposes of a delivery van, and was subsequently converted into a passenger car at a local factory. The Garrison Band will play the following programme on the Rotunda to-night: — Marcih medley, "When the Band PLays in the Park" (Line); selection, "La Fille de Madame Angot" (Lβ Cocq); cornet solo (Deputy-Bandmaster Tankard), "Venus Po'.ka' ' (Farrell); serenade, "Summer Night" (Sutton); selection, "The Darkie* , Jubilee" (Newton); concert waltz, "Auf Wiedersehn" (Bailey); march medley, "Good Morning Carrie" (Line); "God Say« the King." The bandmaster wishes, on behalf of the Band, to thank Mr Towne for presenting the Band with the two marches. All arrangements are now complete for the motor-paced match on Saturday between G. Sutherland and' W. Martin. As this is the first time that a motor-paced match has taken place in, New Zealand, much interest is being shown. Both competitors are training twice daily at Lancaster Park, and are putting up* some fast times. xjitriea closed for the handicap events las-, evening, and a goodly nuinbsr have entered , for both the mile and the half-mile. Seven entries have been received for the Motor Bicycle Handicap, of five miles,, including Martin's ten-horse-power French motor. Afternoon tea will be on the ground, ar.d the first race wiil titart at 2.30 p.m. Special trams wilr run to Lancaster Park. A large number of grass-seeders left Lyttelton yesterday for the PeninsulaThe camp of the Sydenham school boys at Governor's Bay broke up yesterday. Next March the Licensing Committee elections take place. The rolls are already being prepared. In reply to a Weetport deputation, the other day, the Premier is reported to have said that he had practically taken over the Lands Department. "In foot." he jocularly remarked, "I run the whole lot." The experience of the trawler Napier strengthens the opinion that the fishing off Banks Peninsula promises most satisfactory development. At midnight on Monday she returned, after a seventeen houra' trip, with as much fish as she had secured during the previous twenty-four hours' trip. A new trawl was fitted to the Napier yesterday. ' ! A full shipment of frozen meat was taken by the subsidised steamer Sussei, which left Wellington yesterday for Durban and Capetown, but the general cargo holds only contained fifty tons of sundries. It was necessary to ballast the chip with coal in, these compartments before she pro- j ceeds to sea. A great part of the meat j has been purchased for shipment by local agents on behalf of South African finns, who placed orders in advance. At Lytteiton yesterday, before Mr J. Grubb, J.P., Hugh Mellroy, who was charged with forging and uttering a cheque for £4 14s on the National Bank, Christcburca, was remanded till Friday. Charles A. A. Kiuse, a seaman on the articles of the barque County of Ayr, pleaded guilty to a charge of being absent without leave, and was sent to gaol for seven days, to be put on board when the vessel sails. For many years it has been the practice of the police throughout the colony to furnish the Press early in January with the criminal statistics for the preceding year. The Commissioner of Police holds, says tbe Wellington "Evening Post," that the returns should not be published until the (Government has seen them, and consequently they will repose in the pigeon-holes at the Government Buildings until Ministers have leisure to deal with them, possibly niorths lienoe. From the recent stocktaking at tie Public Library, it appears that the circulating department contains 21.370 books at present, as against 20,009 a year ago. There, aie 74 books unaccounted for. of which 48 are fiction, and the wet standard works. With the increase in the number of books, stocktaking is a larger business every year. The Chrwtchurch Library easily leads New Zealand for subscribers. A month ago the number was 1815. and in the winter monthe it has exceeded 2000. The number of sub(scribers is about 500 more than in Wellington, and about 800 more than at Auckland or Dunedin.

I During last rear there were in the Dunedin district eleven bankruptcy petitions by debtors, and one on a petition by a creditor. The debts proved amounted to £14,294, and ( the assets to £4513, and the secured creditors to £3500. The dividend*, exclusive of preferential and secured claims, amounted to £1634. Order 3of immediate discharge were made in nine cases, and five were suspended. In the whole of Otago and Southland there -were fifty-six bankruptcies, immediate orders of discharge being made in thirty-five cases, while t«n were suspended- * The debts proved 'amounted to £1,049,648, and there was paid in dividends, excluding preferential claims, £54,599. The total includes eight companies that went into liquidation, inclusive of the final payment of the Colonial Bank (in "which the debts proved amounted to £1,007,111). The amount paid in dividends was £28,839, while the costs of action, supervision, etc., totalled £4924. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday Peter Seruras was charged, on tl» information of John MULs (Mr Ritchie) with selling trout on November 11th, 1902, contrary to the regulations of the Fisheries' Conservation Act. The accused pleaded "Guilty." It was explained that fcjeruras was a fisherman at Lake ElkMnere, and that he sold tht , trout to a Christehurcii tobacconist, and offered to sell him more. Mr Beetham stated that undoubtedly such action waa against the law, but he hoped there was some possibility of the lake being thrown open. At present a great temptation was in the tray of these fishermen, whose supply of floundei-s was exhausted, and who were pulling up trout in their nets every day. Mr Ritchie stated tliat a petition asking for the lake to be thrown open was at present under consideration. The accused was fined the nominal penalty of 20s and costs. Four charges were set down for hearing lat the Magistrate's Court yesterday, which were intimately connected. Henry Alexander charged Samuel FlewelljTi, police constable, with using tlireatening language, likely to provoke a breach of the peace, at Preston's road, Shirley, and alao with assaulting him. The police, for whom Mr i Cresswell appeared, charged Henry Atex- ! ander ('Mr Byrne) with permitting 23 head of cattle to be grazed on the Canal Reserve road, and with using indecent language. All four charges referred to tho earn© date, January kind. When the case was called against Alexander, Mr Byrne stated that the proceedings against Flewellyn had been taken immediately after the alleged offence. When they were brought into Court, Mr Cresswell came forward, and, stating tnat the constable had laid two informations, asked for an adjournment until yesterday. Air Byrne's principal witness, who was present lost day, could not attend under the new conditions, as he had taken up a grassseeding contract. This was pointed out, Air Byrne continued, but the Justices who were on the Bench insisted upon an adjournment. The witness referred' to would not be back until the grass-seeding was over. He had practically eaid that they might arrest him or do what they liked. Mr Beetham said thafc they would soon do that. He refused' to hear Air Byrne's statement that the J.P.s had simply ignored his representations. He was not there, he said, to hear I complaints about Justices, and was not going to do so. Mr Creeswell objected to I any further adjournment. Hie Worship adjourned all four cases for a fortnight, and said that a fresh subpoena would be taken out against the missing witness, and if he did not attend a warrant would be issued fox hie arrest. In connection with the D.I.C. great clearance sale, the management regret that owing to the unprecedented rush many had to go away without being attended to. Arrangements have now been made whereoy their big staff has been still further increased, and in future customers can rely on being' promptly attended to. Business hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed for lunch between 1 and 2 p.m. 4571 Take a ride in one of our road carts, three styles, suit the most fastidious. Morrow, Basset t and Co., Cashel street. 4475 The attention of our readers is drawr. to an advertisement inserted by the Anglo-N.Z; Cycle Coy. re their "AngloSpeciai" anci "Humoer" bicycles. This J firm is now offering special inducements [to cyclists dxtring the period of their sale, in that they are given the opportunity of purchasing a really first-claes and thoroughly' up-to-date bicycle at a figure usually asked for cheaper grade machines. * 4572 To-day you may invest your money to best advantage by visiting Beath's great summer sale. Stupendous bargains in drapery and clothing, the whole etock now offered*at reduced prices. Gimp trimmings, 10£ d far 2d; black Suede gloves, Zβ lid for Hid; wide fancy ribbons, Is 6d for 4id, 2s 6d for 91d, 2s lid for Hid; feather ruffles, 17e 6d for 9s lid; belts, Is lid for 6id; chiffon ruffles, 15s lid for 12s 6d; muslin aprons, Is 6d for 9£d, 2s lid for Is 9d; holland aprons, Is 6d for 9id, 2s 9d for Is 6d; silk and lace fichus, 2s lid for Is 6d, 4s lid for 2s 6d; collarettes, 2s 9d for Is 6d, 3s 9d for 2s 6d. Beath'g sale, see windows. 6 Wanted Known —Jewellery sale, for one month, of watches, clocks, rings, brooches, and all other classes of jewellery, sold at greatly reduced prices. K. Grieshaber, Watchmaker and Jeweller, 155 Colombo /Street. 7463 If you have the faintest suspicion that your eyes are not just right, if they bother you in any way, it's best to have them examined at once. Do not go to the optician or spectacle seller, for he is unable to distinguish between optical defects and diseases, but consult John R. Procter, 180 High street, Chrietcnuroh, who will give you a thorough examination free of chartre 2115 It is a singular coincidence that the most graceful lady cyclists are invariably mounted on Zealandfa bicycles, manufactured by Oates, Lowry and Co., and this fact is now generally recognised.—(Advt)

Those who have friends in the Old Country could not do better than send them one of Messrs Tribe and Co.'s photo screens, depictive of N*w Zealand flora and rare Maori carvings. We understand these are given away free to every purchaser to the value of 20s and upwards. 8

For a really reliable watch the public can do no better than call at M. Sandstein and Son, Caefael street. Special Xtal lever, 12 months' guarantee, 255. Their large stock of greenstone goods is well worth inspection. Those requiring engagement or dress rings should see their choice selection. -(Adrt.)

Dinner and tea eete.—Fletcher Bros, have just opened up another fine assortment of dinner sets from 19s 6d upwards, tea sets from 7s 9d, bedroom sets from 13e 9d, China cups and saucers, W. and G., 2s lid, [link and celeste, 3 gold lines, 3s 6d, plain

white earthenware Is 9d, ell at half-dozen. Fletcher Bros., China and glassware iinfiorters, Lower High Street, Chrifrtchurch. —(Advt.)

In announcing the close of our very successful eale, Harm's Imperial Boot Depot desire to thank the public for the solid support accorded. They also intimate that they have satisfactorily arranged to remain another year in their present premises, and will be glad to see their customers at fob* same old address, 207 Caahel street. 22

3,000,000 Envelopes, well assorted; 2000 reams note acd letter papers, good and cheap; folio papers, every size and quality. Thousands account books, all sixes and bindings, now on sale by H. J. Wood and Co., at unprecedentediy low prices. Office requisites and stationers' sundries, of best quality. Large new stock of photo, albums and photo, frames. Thousands of new books, just landed, aleo immense assortment of cheap, reading. A great sale of fancy goods upstairs. Inspection invited hy H. J. Wood and Co., Stationers' Hall, High street. Remember the whole stock ie to be sold off. 2362