NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11494, 29 January 1903, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

A Gisborne telegram states that a brilliant effect was produced in that town last night by the Aurora Australia, which' caused much dismay among the Maoris. Despite the unseasonable weather, a large number of people assembled at Sydenham Park last to listen to the excellent musical, programme played "by Derry's Band on the rotunda. The funeral of the late Mr S. Lee, which took place at the Horsley Downs osmetery* yesterday, was largely attended. The Rev. W. Sedgwick conducted the burial service. The number of inames on the district electors' roll of the Borough of Sydenham is 2799. The roll has been closed in view of the poll on the Greater Christchurch proposals on February 4th. Messrs Field and Eoyds are shipping to the North Island 30 Southdown flock rams, from Messrs T. Brooks, Brookside, and G. Seaton, Kirwee, and a Shropshire etud ram, a prke taker at the Christchurch show, from Mr Jus. Johns, Belfast. The second of the series of mission meetings in connection with the Mukti Mission was held in the new rooms of the Young Women's Christian Association last night. To-night MLbs Manoramabai and Miss Abra-ms will speak again on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Society, to bo held in the tame rooms. On Friday night a missionary meeting, for women only, will be held in the Choral Hall. During the course of the Governor's speech at Masterton on Tuesday night, he mentioned that soon after this" time next year he would be leaving New Zealand for good. The Wellington correspondent of "The Press" telegraphs:—"lt k understood in naval circles that Lord Ranfurly will make a. tour of the recently annexed Pacific Island* in H.M.S. ilildura in March next. He will be accompanied by his eon, Lord Northland. Messrs Sharplin and Sutton, who are endeavouring to get the dairying industry started in the Springburn ana Stavdey districts, have communicated with the Central Dairy Factory, and have received a reply stating that the Company will give further information regarding "its proposals as soon as possible. Immediately these become known, meetings wiir be called at Staveley and MaySeld. Many farmers are of opinion, writes our correspondent, that the project will receive much support in the Anama and Mayfield dis-

The newly-elected, Tramway Board will meet at noon to-day, at the City Council ChamberThe Cromwell "Argus" reports that a party of four China-men working above *h« Cromwel? coalpit last week washed up £1000 worth of gold.

In view of considering the thinning of the twee in the Domain during the ensuing autumn, the Domain Board will pay a visit to the park on Monday next, at 2 p-m. A G&borno telegram cays that the Government has purchased the Takapau Estate, at Tologa Bay, consisting of 10,470 acres, from Mr Jamee MacFarlan-?. Mr B. Barker, of Duvauchel!es, has presented a number of photographs of Banks Peninsula to the local office of the Tourist Department." These are being framed, and will be. placed on view shortly at the office.

Our Wellington correspondent telegraphs that Mr Donne has received a telegram from Mr Warbrick, of the Tourist Department, stating fnat during the lastrains Lake Rotomahana had risen three feet. The Waimangu geyser is very active at present, and plays on an average about every twelve hours. More eruptions took place on Tuesday, and on Monday, at 2.45 in the afternoon, stones and black mud were thrown 1400 feet high— the bigijest "shot" the writer had ever s«;en. "Numbers of visitors were present.

The Wookton Band will play the following programme on the rotunda this evening: — 1, march, "Across the Atlantic" (Alexander), by specir.l reque-.t; 2, w;iltz. "In Olden Days" (Carl) ; 3, con-test election, "I'll Bailo in Maschera" (arranged by Ord Hume), by special request; 4, song. "The Honeysuckle and the Bee (Farm) ; ' 5, contest Selection, "Domino Noir" (ar- [ ranged by Swift), by special request; 6, waltz, "My I'olly" (Laski) ; 7, selection, I "Songs of"Scotland" .(Round) ; 8, contest I march, "Rimuraka" (Trussell), by special re-quest; "God save the. King." In connection with the. concert, Mr W." V. Siddall, conductor, writes as follows:—"Will you permit me to remind the public that hi view of tho Woolston Band attending the Masterton contest, the City Council .have kindly granted permission to the Band to take up a collection in aid of expenses fund, at the municipal concert to be held this evening. As the expenses will amount to something like £100, of which there is a shortage of about £30, a liberal response to the Band's appeal will be greatly appreciated, and will be an encouragement to the Band to worthily represent Canterbury." The Stipendiary Magistrate at Tima.ru yesterday heard "a dispute between two Timaru and Wellington firms. D. C. Turnbull and Co. in October last sold H. H. Scales (Wellington) three and a half tons of " baled 'grass and clover hay"— 129 bales, at 85s per ton, f.o.b. Monowai at Lyttelton, defendant wanting it to feed stock carried by that steamer from Wellington to Sydney. At Wellington 40 bales were taken out of the hold and put on deck. The defendant's manager seeing it thought it not good enough. Hβ got three expert* to examine it, and all condemned it. The forty bales were put ashore, and the rest left aboard, "at plaintiff's risk," and no one seems to know what became of it. The main defence was that the hay was required to feed etock on board, and the hay was not of that quality. For the plaintiff it was shown that there was no hint of the purpose given till the bargain was complete, and that trade usage in f.o.b. sales requires the rejection at. the port of shipment. The Magistrate found for the plaintiff on the firat ground, as the evidence proved that some of the hay was being used for ordinary feeding purposes, and defendant had no right to reject il because it was not suited for a special purpoee not mentioned before the completion of contract. In connection with the Methodist Conference t which will be held in this city this year, and will open about the end of next month, an innovation which should prove interesting ie to be made in the shape of a "citizenship meeting," to be held in the Canterbury Hall, on February 27th. On this occasion the Rev. J. J. Lewie (Auckland) will deliver on address on the Bible in Schools question. Mr T. E. Taylor, Senior Member for Christcburch, •one on Temperance, and Mr H. D. Bedford, Senior Member for Dunedin, one on Gambling. Although Colonel Webb. Officer-Com-manding the Canterbury Yohmteer and Militia District, was not taken by surprise by the intimation from Wellington of his appointment to the command of that district, he has not yet received official intimation of the matter, and 4068 not know when he leaves to take up his duties in Wellington. So far no mention hae been made as to hie successor in Canterbury. All who have come in contact with Colonel Webb during his stay in this city, whilst recognising that bis new appointment means an advance in the service, express regret that he ie leaving this district. A special meeting of the New Brighton Borough Council was held on Tuesday night, when it was decided to apply to the 'Government for a fuirtner payment of £500 on account of the borough loan. It was also decided to have all the channelling in the streets of the uniform width of 12in in the waterway, with a depth of 3in. That 8a per day of eight hours should bs' the wages , of workmen in the city, and 7s per day for workmen resident ia the borough. The foreman was instructed to commence work on *he south side of Sea View road, and to use Auckland cement on that side, and the Milburn Company's cement on the north side. A diminutive youth, Waiter McGill by name, appear&d at the Magistrate's Court yesterday upon a charge of puncturing the tyres of three bicycles at St. Albans, on December 28th, thereby inflicting damage to the extent of £1 Iα 6d. It appeared that three bicycles had been left in the Rev. H. Williams's grounds, while the riders were a-t church, and after church came out, it was found that the tyres had been pin-punctured in many places. Another boy stared McGil had, during church-time, borrowed a pin from him "to pick his tooth with," and had shown him a bicycle valve. A third boy gave evidence that McGill had informed him that he had "bursted" two tyres. Evidence for the d-sfenoo wae given, and the Bench decided to dismiss the case. Mr J. J. Dougall appeared for the boys. Mr J. W. Hardley, of Ashburton, who has just returned from a visit to Auckland and the West Coast districts of the Xorth Island, in an interview with a representative of ' the "Ashburton Guardian," said that during his travels he had visited Kawhia, which, ie about 50 miles from Hamilton, in the heart of the King Country, where the ««nle of liquor kf unlawful. Immediately on his arrival he was accosted by a native, who asked 'him if lie were a stranger. Upon receiving an answer the Maori forthwith proceeded to liberally smpply the visitor with beer. Mr Hardley stated that every second place in the township wae a sly-grog shop, where liquor is sold without secrecy. The white people play an important part in this, and it* is to see them call for their "parcels." Fights are quite common, and disgraceful ecerSw occur. Mr Daly, the Mayor of Kaiapoi, sildressing his Council on Tuesday eveniny, on the question of the half-holiday, said Kaiapoi had waited to see trha-i Christchurch would do, and w.w disappointed. It bad been hope! that Saturday lvould be selected by the city, and a beginning made to establish a colonial half-holiday on that day. But those in Chririchurch whn voted for _ Thursday were the same who, from motives of £ n d, wanted the oekbration of the King's Coronation put off because the national day fixed happened to be Saturday. It was well known that on Thursdays the employees did not get the* benefit of toe half-holiday, as they were often kept till 2 p.m., and by the time they were dressed to go out half the afternoon had passed. Again, Thursday meant that the warehouses in the city were kept open, and were frequented by tiie storekeepers from Ashourton, LyWelton, Rangiora, and Kaiapoi. The peopte who objected to a universal half-holiday he might say were the greedy ehopkeepers, and it was time iue Legislature stepped in and put mature right. " Cr. Eagle supplemented W* WVirabin's -remarks. ... ~:.

The West, Lytteltnn School mime work till Monday week, ia "Sf queuco r.f the renovations not being firtSf!^ Cr. Parsons, of Sydenham, speaker in favour of Greater afc th? public meeting upon ti» *ud§"''to ba held in the Walihani morrow iwjht. , ' On Tuesday, while shunting eight,d»u. deck shoep wagtg-ona at Scargil],tbeWiSk took charge of them, with the result uS the waggons were carried over the «!1 of the line and come of thtm. were wrwhll The workmen engaged in the ew«i» J the bornerm bulking at Ashburton ilfl a fresh s-Urt on Monday, after th* ZSj had been stopped for exactly i wo awtiS*] on account of no-license beine the district, ~

Pollard* Opera Company has definiw. decided to go to South Africa (stat«» «Z Dunedin correspondent}. Prior to We* in March next the company Mill open-air entertainment, as a" mark of tittfr appreciation of Dunedm'* kindn«B % proceeds to go to local chanties. '

("hi Tuesday the Rangiom market ir& busier tnan usual. In addition to a b»! yarding in the. Xorth Canterbury Sfoi Company's saleyards, the new M<wsis Conway Matson and Co. had & foentry of cattle, cheep, and horses. public appeared to vnier into t&o mfejt ot" the s;iJos, as tiifvo was ett«t& ivnees at them eaou in turn.

A ymith who was cycling through £» Manawatu Oorg<* had a narrow escape fjn deat.h ihv other day. I n lyideavoota* to pa>-s another <-y01i.% the wheels of q| m.KihLncs came in contact at a spot w&en there is a clear drop of some 50ft to river-bed. The youui ;uid his bicycb slipped over the iide, but fortunately fti lad laiKkul against a projecting rock e&aat six ftt« down, and gradually climbed te the ixxid. The ir.eycle fell to f!» rockj below, from where it was recovered by | party of picnickers in a ruined condition. It is a thing to be resretbed— ing the market now existing—that attempt to develop a trade in apples with EngUaj have, so far been unsuccessful (reoiarla tbi Wellington "Times. , -) Present advkxiau that there, is a great dearth of appW.j the United Kingdom, chiefly on account <J the failure oi the Canadian and UnitaJ States crops. It is a pity, therc&w*, tint New Zealand is not in a position to m a quantity of this fruit on the Engfy| mai'ki't. Last year a shipment of Mfai hundivd ca»?i v s of apples wa» sent to hit. don by the Waikato, and the (k>vwmm| Biologist, at the pame time took paint £ encourage orebardists to extend their open, tions in this direction. The shipment der notice, with which were fifty ouet-tl peare, vma made by the Styx Orchsni Otjfc pany, of Canterbury. b was not successful. The ship -was HI fitted up in the latest manner, and, ovittf to imperfect marwigement. the got below what was necessary for the fpfc per preservation of tlie fruit. As a nfcflt a quantity of tihe apples were frozen useless. None of the cases arrived- it good condition, and th© prices obtained fa ■what was saleable were not sufficient t» it.' courage furrier shipments. Toe P«pmri' a few years ago took Home a shipment Jβ. the best condition. * Why is this so? Well, there arenmyi reasons, but the nvest potent is that lae-j cepsful fanners all use the " McCormick.*!

Strattge and .Co.'s preni»«es will to closed a;ll day to-day, in order to altar of the final preparations "being made Jβ the great end-of-summer sale, commeneai to-morrow (Friday). " Bargains of a most unusual nafae still continue to attract unusual atteatiw at the D.I.G. All departments vie *i* each other to giro the most tempting & tractions. Whether it be a oostume<** pair of boots, a kitchen chair, «■ a'sjJHh did piano or organ, a common Chip* to* set, or a real Doulton dinner sanity erery one is a bargain, and gives fulijs isfaction to the buyer. The eoW'ijaV tinues until further notice." Wanted Known—jewellery uit>, far:|fti month, of watches, docke, rings, branMl and all other classes of jewellery, m&m greatly reduced prices. K. GritthlbnJ Watchmaker and Jeweller, 156 GoUawl street. ' '^fl 3,000,000 Eawelope*. well aworted; 9M reams note and letter papers, good ati cheap; folio papers, every size and |t$ lily. Thousaode account books, all W and bindings, now oa sale by H. J. Wo< and Co., at uapreoedentedly low' fritM .Office requisites and stationers' sundnee,'* beet quality. Large new stock of pMjpfc albums and photo, frames. ThoosaMf4 new books, just landed, aieo immem*.'.** sortment of cheap reading. A great illy fancy goods upstairs. Inspection imfll by H. J. Wood and Co., Stationers' B4 High street.' Remember the whole fltMl is to be sold off. . ' 3Hj| If you have the faintest «upid«»ttil your eyes are not just right, if they fcflfl you in any way, it'e beat to hew Mβ examined at once. Do not go. *•,*§ optician or spectacle eeller, >>j| is unable to distinguish between *fW defects and dkseases, but constdt Jowp Procter, 180 High street, ChxMdUm who -will give you a thorough exMUWjg* free of charire. j^ft, You will be specially awarded thii<f| visiting Beath's great sale. sacrifices. See wmicfows for «ome I>argainß. Don't delay, they are 'tRM froely. New waehing ridrte, all uiilMH 4s 6d to 5? 6d, now 2* lid; this imm blouses, 4s 6d to 5s IH, ".'gj 2s lid; pink wool v«st«, legH for 9d; coraet«, double lid and 4s 6d for 2s 6d ; trimmed mimljH 12s 6d, for 5s lid, 17s 6d for white sailors, 2s lid to 3s lid, *U'|jß gent's soft felt bite, 6e 6d for la U|J black cashmere sox, Iβ 6d for lej **!■ tn-eed , troiwers 8s lid for 5s Hi, for 6s lid. At Death's. ' : '^M Our cycle repairing capacity k> 30 machines daily. We have th» plet« manufacturing plant in. AnsbWi|W therefore we can effect the most foyjtH repairs faithfully and reasonably. jSPi Lowry and Co., "Zcalandia" Cyeb Wan* Christehurch. . Bicycles for 1903. Just ment ex e.s. Turakina, of new HmW lateet models. Ladies and gento. AjWg Sun Cycle Depot, 136 Lower Higk'«Wji To hotels and boardinghouee-keef**! Fletcher Bros, quote wholesale prio**':;Sj tumblers, cutlery, spoons, fork*, dinner eete, glaseware, hou*el»itt"'W mongery,*tc. In fact everything , yw*9 at wholesale prices, at Fletcher imptirters, Lower High Street.—U*^Wj?jg Large fortunes bave been reeSpAsS lucky inventors. See handbood tents," free, from Baldwin and mrag; (A. H. Hart, representative), 172 CtoflK ■treet, Christehurch.—<Advt.) , '"M " -^1