NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11492, 27 January 1903, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Wooieton Borough Council has decided to i&me summonses for arrears of rates, in batches of fifty at a time. The Marine Department is Heading to London -for identification the supposed salmon recently caught in the Motueka river. During the month of December 4188 persons arrived in the colony, and 1415 took their departure. The figures) for Decein ber, 1901, are 3307 and 1500 respectively. Four scholarships offered by St. Patrick's College, Wellington, for public com petition, were won by B. Keliy, E. Casey. D.. Madden (all of Wellington), and I , Kuv-artagh (Masterton). The Board of Governors of Canterbury College yesterday granted the Senate ol the University of New Zealand permission to use a portion of the College buildings for Hμ annual nation*.

Last Satttwky fhe Kaiapoi bowlere met Mr Parnham and Sons* team at Beach Vale. Aft-or a pleasant afteraioon's play the games w«re in favour of the Messrs Parnham by 41 to 22. An informal conference of North Island flour-mil:ers was held at Palroeraton North yesterday. It ie expected tihat if Uμ awtioipated good harvest ie satisfactorily gamtired there will be a further drop m the prioe. of flour. At the next meeting of the Asnourton County Council, to be held on February 9th, the question of a site tor the permanent memorial to be erected in Aehburton to commemorate the Coronation and »n memory of fallen troopers, will be discussed. Subscriptions are coming in fairly freely tor the Itrigg Memorial Fund. Mr David Thomae, of Ash'biuton. has received a donation of fifty guineas from the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, also a donation "t £20 from Messrs Pyne and Co.. Christdiureu. There are eighty lists out, and the support received is most encouraging. Taking a< liis text, "A good soldier of Jesus Christ," the Rev. W. U. Paimaison preached an interesting sermon ut the St. Albans Wesleyan Cliurch on Sunday evening, on the life aii-d work of the late R*v. Hugh Priey Hugnts. Specially selected hynuis wt-re suug. and the anthem was Baruby's '"Let your light.' , A meeting of the General Committee of tlw Floral Fete was lie.d yesterday, when Hon. C. LouLsson presided. The programme «s brought up by the eubCommittee was gone through, and. with s'Ouis feiv alterations, adopted. A sub-committee, comprising Messi-s Murphy. Smith, and Halt, was appointed to make arrangements for the poster march. ' An importii:v meeting was held in Wanganui Inst iiLl.., of representative business men. s-stt'eis. and Maori chiefs. when resolutions weie passed strongly urging the Government to proceed with reading the interior, particularly the construction of Parapara road, between Raetihi and Wanganui, 60 as to permit of the epeedy settlement of the Ohutu block, of 250,000 acres.

The race for Mr W. B«eee's trophy presented to the Model Yacht Club was continued on Saturday afternoon ;it Victoria Lake. Two heats weire sailed. In the fii-st heat Bothumley's Mini was first. Nightingale's Advance second, McColi's Katie third, and Hurt's Rocket fourth. In tlw second iuat Advance waa firat, Miru second, Rocket, third, and Dove fourth. Miru wins the trophy with three firsts, a second and a fifth, equal to 51 points; Advance second with two ftr.ste, two seconds, and «i t-hrrd, equal to 48 points; Dove third with one first, one second, one third, oiu> fourth, ajid one fifth, equal to 29 points; and Katie, 21 points.

The Auckland! Women's Political League has passed the following resolution to be •forwarded to the City Council: —"The Women's Political League urgently appeal to tlw City Council to refuse to eanction a Sunday tram eei-viee, -believing one day's rest in seven is absolutely necessary for the best interests of ■humanity, that both the mental and 'physical constitution require <i seventh portion of our time to recoup the wasted energies. The League also believe that the golden rule sometimes deurande the exercise of self-denial."

The half-yearly meeting of the Christchurch and St. Albans Co-operattve Money Club was held last night. The President (Mr W. E. D. Bishop) was in the chair, and there wae £ fair attendance of shareholders. The report showed the capital ot the club Co be £10,994 4a sd, an increase of £915 16s 3d. Loans amounting to £2912 10e had been granted. "I'he total amount lent to date La £57,642 16s 2d. The profit was £477 9s sd, and the reserve account £72 13s 2d. The Committee recommended a dividend of 9d in the £. There were 567 ehareholders, holding 2482 eliares, an increase of 105 chares for the half-year. The report and balance-eheet were adopted. The usual bonuse* were paaeed to toe trustee).

The fact that cahi which have no right to ply for Jims in the oity were doing mt was brought under the notice of the By-laws Committee by Cα , . Soreiuien at the City Council last night. Cr. Gray etated that ihe Committee had obtained a '«- port from the previous inspector, which was not satisfactory. Some of the vehicles (reported as being satisfactory should have been condemned long ago. The new inspector 'had beeai instructed to report in the cabs in the city, aa*d to joaktji a fresh examination of the vehicles, hurxes, and harness. Cr. Samuel* thought that a card should! be prominently displayed in cabs. Several jjeople, and members of 'his own family, Jiad. been grossly overcharged. Or. Maodcnafld said that the cabs in this city wene more numerous and the rates more reajsonable fluui m any other city in tto colony, but there were a fear vehicles plying that were disgraceful.

The question of the fairness of the price at which "tie tender for painting the parapets and facings of the city bridge* was let was discussed briefly at the City Council last night. Cr. Samuels said that a man would be either mad or drunk who contracted to do the -work at the price—it was barely ihalf the value of tihe work. It would mot pay the man hie wages, let alone the used. Wae it right, he asked, tihat a public body should accept euoh a tender? The -chairman of the Works Committee (Cr. R. M. Macdonald) pointed out that the next tender was about £5 higher. The Mayor said that the matter had l Been dealt with by the Works Committee, and the Council could not be expected to go into the details, which had 'been gone into by the Committee.

A-Maori woman named Paha was charged at Kaiapod yesterday with having used slrong language, calculated to cause a breach of the peace. H. Wakefield, village cornmitteeman, said the accused and others came into fauhiwi'e Pa late under liquor, and when he spoke to her. site used the language complained of. A Maori woman said the parties in question were "talkifying" when the first-named came out of :i hedge- and warned them, and told defendant she would be fined ss. The matter «une up at the village committee, but was dismissed. The Magistrate said he was satisfied the language wa« used, and might liave provoked v breach of the peace, tie was glad the Maori Committee was dealingwith the conduct described. The defendant was fined bS> and costs.

R. Wilson was charged at the Magistrate's Court. Kaiapoi, yeeterday, with dieorderly conduct on the 19th, aud being grunted the privilege of his pipe in the lockup, with setting fire to a bed, the property of the King. Mr Bishop, S.M., remarked it was not usual to allow prisoners their pipes. Constable Wildernoth «aid as the man was not drunk lie allowed him to have it. Defendant said he knew nothing about tlfeD affair, and would aek for a orohibition order. The Magistrate remarked that while the ccwwtable said tihe defendant was sober, he practicaF.y denied it. For disorderly conduct he was fined 10s, and costs; for damaging Government property fined ss, and to pay 7s 6d for a new bed, ami a prohibition order was mode, to have effect in the Hurunui-Kaiapoi districts.

A trial cf considerable interest to all tl ose interested in the flax industry, was held at 'Mi- J. Seed's mill at Southbrook the other day. The machine tried was .Anderson's new patent stripper. All the conditions 'for testing the stripper were not favourable, but. notwithstanding thin the tria! wan a decided success. As fast as the feeder could put the flax through the stripper did the work. It was noticed that the bkwie was Btripped cleaner and nearer the point than any stripper has yet succeeded in reaching. Some of those who have bern in the trade for v long time have always bsen «f opinion that a sti'ipper must sacrifice quality when largs quantities of blade are put through. The Anderson Stripper disproves this, and the ouality wa* all that could be desired, and the machine was taking it at the rate of 25"Wt per hour. This quantity could be greatly exceeded, an a slow 'puJey had to dp put in to luit Mr Seed's travelling table. A number of those interested in the trade watched the trial, and expressed themselves a* very highly pleased with the great suoceai attained*

A -LWttoii canyepomksit, vrtio prot««fc ' against tli* proposal of tJie Angicta' A* - "' sociation to close up Lako KHesinere foj lishi-ng. titatt's that such it cams* mean a loss of f'K>d supply to roeideote »>f tKe KUesmere disfcritt, inwv imiKirtant than' tlie loss to the fisherm-sn. It is impossible lie contend?, for the nottins; to <lepl*t« tl« * trout of any ot!>or tislring. In addttion to the lish t«hat» are swtvjn out to sen and lost, thousands of tnnU are killed every summer by the rivtw. dTyiHg up. finj seasons ago dray-loads of trout were taken out of vaU'rholvs in the f-'el-.vyn. and from a e»in«rle small hole 1100 Sish were rcmorej which woill<l have died hi a day or two.

Two young men. while foiling for growj and cod off the Timaru beueh, near ti» butts, on Friday, had an exciting expert, once, suites' ilk- "Post." The one hokL ing the line foit a rio!«it jerk, and, pulling his -lint , in, found that a hu>v shark haa bten liooki'il. Aw the lWa was got iote. shallow water rii-e fun commenwj, and fur a time it w;us thought that the Uμ would break, In. vviUt the of i stitk an<l hook the shark was hauled uj| on th« beadi, and was fou: d tt> mfa*ut« Bft llin. The shark was hooked about twenty-five ym\ls off the beath at lo\* » water.

Commissioner XluKie. of tho Salvation Army, ixmductt.l thivt? meetings yesterday in the Victoria .<vee; Han-acks. Tin* morning iw« devoted ti> an Officers' Council, in which tin" Canterbury officers were ia. struct ed in tht- various mutters affectingthe new depai turns in the woik of th* organisation. In the iifternoon a "holi. ness meting was held, and the service v.-as veil a'.icmled. The barracks last evening contained a large audience. Cora-nii-vwioner MoKie giive the main address, and at the conclusion v number ot persons went forward to the '"penitent form." The whole series of meetings has be#n very successful. Today the visitors go overland to the West Coast., and thence to tht North Island. This is the hist week for the payment ot tho city rates without the 10 per cent, addition. Wednesday is the day appointed by the Feilding Boroujjh Council for the statutory half-holiday. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Dunedin at 1.50 p.m. yesterday, 'He direction being from cast to" west. For the Ellesmere election Mr 0. K. Thornton has returned his election *£•-.. pentws a.s £20 2s 6d. Several of the class-rooms at the Norma] School were being- disinfected yesterday, in readiness for the reasjsembting of ttrt children. A Wellington correspondent states that the hearing of the petition to upset tiw Newtown local option poll will be resumed to-day. A new Staff Sergeant-Major, Mr W. Hoar, of the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment was yesterday Transferred I'roW Auckland to tlw Canterbury volunteer dis« trict. For the present his duties will ds m connection with the mounted corps. Our Dunedin - correspondent telegraphf that, the dedication of the Gourley Memorial Window, placed in St. Matthew'! Church, in memory of the. late Sergeant Ourley, of the First Contingent, killed in action at the famous New Zealand Hill" charge, took pla«e on Sunday morning, in the presence of all the volunteer troops in the city.

H.M.S. Archer, on her recent trip to the Southern Islands, secured four penguins for one of the officers of the Ru»* pehu, who wished to take them Home.. The birds were placed in a boat in the Lyttelton Harbour, and were covered wiwi wire netting. They managed, however, to make a hole in the netting and escape. One of them lias been recovered.

Some of the etreets in the upper portion* of Wanganui borough are in a uomewhj* neglected condition, judging by the state* nient made by a councillor in afil eerioueness at is. meeting of the Borough Council. Hβ amerted that tlw growtii of weeds wee co tall tiiat parents at times k*t their chil« dten. and ou the Ntatemaut being question* ed, he assured his fellow councflioni thai'" he had actually lost his pony in one of tW deuse tliickels on the side of the road. At the Kaiapoi Old Age Pension* Court < yesterday, Mr H. W. Biehop, S.M., granted the ravewail of thirty-eight claims for £18, one £17, £15, and two fur £7. Two m* claims were adjourned for proof of age **l residence. One claim for irat«ck journed, owing to the police Mporfc- being unfavourable, on the ground of tibe penaioner's alleged drinking h*bite. Me Bishop emphitsised hie remarks in one o(r two cases by informiug the applicant* tlh* ]>ension money vrm not intended to b» squiind«red in drinking.

When a female inebriate wae brought before the Police Court yesterday, , Mr SmaiJl, as representative lor tb« Samaritan Home, said that the accused had just finished three months in that institution. He did not think it a fair thing that inebriates after living a decent V&% for three months should be allowed to g* out "on the spree," with a certainty of. being taken back immediately. But he emphasised the fact that the Samaxi%ui Home wae perfectly willing to take ohafft of the woman on the expiration of aaj sentence which the Bench might see fit to inflict.

In view of the strong possibility o! Greater Christchurch becoming on aoconv plished fact tin the very near futew, tftt. that the election of councillors will takt place on April 29th, it will be of intetwt to those qualified to vote, ■whoae namei may not be on the roll at present, to knotr that the main Toil will be made up oa March 6th, that objections thereto wiM be received up to March 17th, and that * supplementary roll will be open till April 15th, which is the latest date that n*iatt can be added to the roll. Only those bar* gCKses who possess the residential qufcU-. iiciition—Unit is, pay at least £10 ptf annum as rent, either, as tenant or eu!b»" tenant, and have resided for at least thw* months in the premises they occupy, need make application for enrolment. A correspondent (saye "Civic" in- tb* "Otago Daily Timee") sends me as a curiosity the illuminated wrapper in whioh an English tobacco firm encloses its shilling , packet of cigarette*. Thei'e are •** cigarettes in.sidi', by the way; but that is a detail foreign to my correspondent* purpose. He merely wishes me to notice that the tobacco artiiit has an excellent picture of the Dunedin Town Hall btneath it writes, "Houses of New Zealand." I am bound to say tort New Zealand is in no wise discredited. Tower and turret glowing in.sunset tintt> borrowed from our Italian gky, the gn*< plots of the Octagon di»ly picked out fn grecnety-yallery, the Clmpm&n monniaen* stowing up brawly in the foreground, and in the "left-centre the Bums Statue—Ban*. himself in surpliced white as a clergynU' ■from the adjacent church —this k the pic* ture, and I don't think it could be beatencert a inly not from Wellington. The aggl* , ireration of wooden erections known tb*w_ as "Houees of Parliament" may hew* forth hide their diminished heads. "Colonel" Lynch might appeal to th* gospel according to Ibsen, and ascribe to the workings of the law of heredity *njr martial indiscretions he may recently h*** committed in South Africa. His fatfctTi Mr John Lynch, wan one of the pioneer* of Hallarat, and when the gpld diggers, there rose :n rebellion in December, leM, fought as a captain in the defence of the "Eureka stockade,"' the rude, hastily-erec-ted fort where tlie insurgent l«*dere estate* h<he<l their headquarters. The stock*d« was earrietl by storm f>u a Bunday n»rnie| by the 12th "and 40th Regiinenta, vM*' were stationed at that time in under the command of one of Wellington*' officers, Major-Genera] Sir Robert Nickle. Mr Lyiich survived the assault, and, after -, , the amnesty was proclaimed, was appoint** mining registrar at Bmytbesdale, near BiHarat, where he became the father o< the "Colonel" who is now an interesting personality. The anniversary of *hfl "Kureku" engagement was celebrated *>* t many years in French fashion by « pi* , ' cession*of the Ballarat diggers to tie grftT** . of their comrad«» who had fallen in the fight, and on these occasions Mr Lyach, stmor t wh alwajw the orntor-in-chirf. ;

The first meeting of the recently-elected Christehuieh District Tramways Board wil! be lieW at norm on Thursday, at the City Council Chambers.

A plK>t©grap}» of four heail,«» of deer, siiot by Mr E. Hiirdciistle. lias l)«?en presented t<J the locaJ «>lu'(.« <>f the Tourist Department, where it it on view.

Hie Ma«terton AgricuJtural Department ]g ueing stringent ii;ea>tires fdr the suppfjesion of noxious weeiL". Proceedings been taken and lines imposed on thoee who neglect Ui ext>:minate.

Ken men nmonsr tlioe wlio have r<-cently applied for tinployment at the local Latxnir bureau are being t>eux. to tlm !Sj»ringiiel i r»ilway works by tliu eaily train this morning.

Xbere will be a scarcity of binder twine before the season in out, and iarmer« would do iwll to r*nd Morrow, Baj&eti and Co. their order* early. 5039 grrangt , and (A>. aiinomuv tli:t( their prefflisee will hv clo«».-d all day on TlnirsJjr, to allow of tht* h'lial being juede for tiieir great t-nd-oi-summer tune, foomencing vi 10 a.m. ou Friday utxt. 5124

.4 sure i;i(l:uttiuii of The pio-ptvitv of Caaterbuiy is ihf iucc<->s of the D/I.C. great clearing »jle. F.-iu.rmous clowis thlimg this iinineu** f,stabli>}iJiit;it tiaily. The manugeni-nt dec-lure, that tliis salt- is tie mo**-. successful, su for. they have t-v-: - ---ield. This is accounted for by the fact that every article is it-ductd and nmke.l ai tale price, and alsu by tlu, genuine burgiuo* offered iv every department. For thii week the D. I.(J. sit. advertising further bargains, and reductions in all departments. 22 Wanted Known—Jewellery eale, for one month, of -watches, clock*, rings, brooches, *nd all other classes of jewellery, sold at greatly reduced prices. K. Uneshaber, Watchmaker and Jeweller, 155 Colombo •treet. 7463

Fortunes are daily made by clever invention*. See handbook, how to obtain "Patent*" for inventions, free by poet from B*ldwin and Rayward. 172 Gloucester •treat, Chriatchurch. A. H. Hart, representative.—(Advt.) 1

3,000,000 Envelopes, well assorted; 2000 ream* note and letter papers, qUod and cheap; folio papers, eveiy size and quality. Thousands account" books, all sizes •ad bindings, now on sale by H. J. Wood M>d Co., at unpreoedentedly low prices. Office requisites and stationers' sundries, of beet quality. Large new stock of photo. albums and photo, frames. Thou»aj»ds of new books, just landed, also immense ae~ •ortment of cheap reading. A great eale of fancy goo<ls upstair. l ?. Inspection invited by ±L J. Wood and Co., Stationers' Hall, High etreet. Remember the whole r.ttrU M to be sold off. 2562

If you , have the faintest suspicion that your eyes are not just right, if they bother you in any way, it'e best to have them examined at once. Do not go to the atcrage optician or spectacle seller, for he it unable to distinguish, between optical defects and diseases, but consult John H. Procter, 180 High street, Christenurch, who will give you a thorough examination fret of charge. 2115

You will be specially rewarded this week OB visiting Beaith's great sale. Tremendous sacrifices. See windows fur some of the Bargains. Don't delay, they are selling freely. 'New washing skirts, all colours, 4s 6a to 5s 6d, now 2s lid; this season* fcloueee, 4s 6d to 5s lid, all % lid; pink wool vests, Is 6d for 9d; cor»ete, double busks, 3s 114 and 4s 6d for 2s 6d ; trimmed millinery. 12» 6di for 5s lid, 17s 6d for 7» lid; white Bailors, 2s lid to 3s lid, all Is; gwit'a soft felt Jiate, 6s 6d for la lid ; Slack caahmere sox, Is 6d for Is; strong tweed trousers 8s lid for 5s lid, 10s 6d for 6e lid. At Beath's,

To hotels and boardinghouse-keepers.— Fletcher Bros, quote wholesale prioee lor tumblers, cutlery, epoone, forks, tea and dinner eets, giaaeware, household ironmongery, etc. In fact everything you want »fr wholesale prices, at Fletcher Bros., direct importers, Lower High Street.—(Advt.)

Our cycle repairing capacity is 30 to 60 machines daily. We have the moat complete manufacturing plant in Australasia, therefore we can effect the most, intricate rqpeini faithfully and reasonably. Gates, Lowry and 00., "Zealandia" Cycle Works, Ghriatcburab. 4745