NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11496, 31 January 1903, Page 7

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The auction advertisements of Conway ilataonand Sods, National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ingram and 00., George King »nd Co., Taylor, Cole and Co., J. H. Bethune and Co., P. S. Malcolm and Co., H. B. {foremen, Harcourt and Co., Hendamn and Batger, Maodoneld, Wilson and Co., ami Tonke, Norton and Co., frill be found on page 11 of thk issue. Settlers in the Oxford district complain that doge hare been waryyinjj sheep. The enquiry into the circumstances surFfMnding the Kaiapoi fire and burglary wiii be resumed on Monday morning. . The Kaia-poi Borough Sehoei -mil not ttf/ptax till 9th February, owing to repairs Sot being completed. ■ The 'Elite Brass Band will play the folJowmjr programme on the Sydenham Rotunda to-morrow evening:—March, "Constellation"; trombone sold, "The Village Black•naith"; overture, "The Mountaineer"; qoartelte, "Town and Country"; glee, "Hernia of Beauty"; air <varied, "Rousseau'e Dream"; song, "Happy be Tby Drums " • march, " Excelsior." A ©olfaction wiU be made at the gate in aid of M» Watson, who losfr- her husband, as the result of an accident some twelve months linoe, and has recently lost her eon. The engineer to the Timaru Harbour Board yesterday furaiahed the Boai'd with I Tttoxcn ehowing that the etone put into (h» new breakwater exteneioo works has «o»t at the rate of 2s B£d per ton. The total Amount of etone brought down front the qauriee for the extension works ie" 99,538 ton, at a oost of £13,484. The cost during the pact twelve inaathe has been per ton lew than far the previous twelve months. The quantity of #tone tipped into the mole at the present tkne averages 490 tow per day. The staging is out a dtotanoa of 1775 ft. The tramline m now five miiee in length from the oommenoement of tibe sole. A ipecial meetinjj oi the Rangiora High geh«4 Board was held on Thursday. • Jjwtant—Messrs Johnston (chairman), Ball, Jweichaei, Whiteiides, and Maofarlane. reported there would be •Wttjr pupjli paying fees, and twenty-one **** Government free pupiU when echool ■*■•» on (Monday. A statement of the JKWoats in connection with the new ar™ageaente was ordered to be t«nt to the •■•l**tor-fl«neral of Education. Owing *o the lapg er number of pupils an increase *•» *Mdc in the salatv of Miss S. Howard, *•««■•. As a number of children over *•• age fourteen were not able to enter taow present regulations, it *as decided V> offer an exhibition (scholarship for same. Aβ old eettler, Mr James Inwood, died w hii residence, near Southbridge, on Vedwwday. The deceased arrived in fcbe •to Qeorge Seymour, one of the pilgrim •"P", in December, 1850. He was ene»g*d at the first flour mill erected on w» Canterbury plains at Fendalton, and f Wer on at hia father's mill in Hereford ***•*• Mr In wood went to the Etllea- ■*•» district in 1863, and, with his *roj>h«iß, took up a block of land, which. **i*jr successfully farmed. The deceased **• coe of the oldest members of the Agricultural and Pastoral Asin which he took great interest.. j** mm sho an active church worker, for many years churchwarden and **"*"7e»an of St. James's Episcopalian Batch, Southbtidgt> i

Supreme Court criminal and civil, sessioi at Timaru open on Tuesday. A letter from Mr O. T. J. Alpere 1 reply to Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon ia ut avoidably held over until Monday. In the Ashley county, owing, it is cut posed, to the quantity end succulence o the grass, many ial lambs have died sud denly. Mr Wylie, a fanner at Katikati (Aucls land district), recently came across abou two tone of kauri gum in a swampy par of his property. In March the Lands Dep. , ianeat wil throw open about 59,000 β-cree of first ao< second-class land in tie Bay of Plenty die toricta. Mr T. H. Evans has been elected chair man of the Kowai Cemetery Trustees According to the balance-sheet subinitte< at the annual meeting, the trustees have ■ balance of £197 at the bank. A road race held on Thursday fron the Riccarton Hotel to Sockburn and back resulted as follows:—T. V. Whitmon (scr) 1, T. Thompson (limin) 2, L. Kin caid (smin) 3. A committee meeting of the Ellesmen Agricultural and Pastoral Association wai adjourned yosterday owing to the deal! of Messrs James Inwood and P. l>. Boag two prominent members of the Associa tion. A general me*tin g of the membeie o: the No. 3 Industrial Building Society o. Canterbury was held last, evening to die po«j of the 94th appropriation of £300 bj ballot, whioli fell to tiie lot of stharee 44£ and 446. The funeral of the late Mr P. D. Boag tliird eon of Mr John Boag, Middierigg, tool place at tae Presbyterian Cemetery, Brook aide, yesterday, when there was a verj largo attendance of mourners and friends. The Rev. Mr Grant conducted; the servioe. It is tuuteratood that the Chrietchurcl DritLshed bus been inspected by an offiVei erf the Public Works Department, who ii eUted to have expressed the opinion thai the (structure is in v dangerous condition Sixteen photographs, depicting the in teresting soeaao wonders of the JTorth Is lurid thermal district, have been received al the local agency of the Tourist Department, The pictures were taken by Mr Vanniman. of San Francisco, who recently visited the colony, and have been tastefuiily framedFrom the Officer-in-Charge of Telegraph* we have received a memo, to th« effect that commencing forthwith the original date, hour and minute, to the nearest five minutes, will be inserted in a free preamble of the messages from Europe via the Pacific Cable. Messages from Canada end the United States will bear the Vancouver date and time. The receivers of messages from New Zealand via the Pacific will get the original date, and the nearest hour of 1 presentation- ! In addition to the large increase o< ! visitors to the Southern Lakes this season, reports received at the local agency of the Tourist Department tfhow that large num--1 bera have visited Banks' Peninsula and Stewart Island. The last-named place appears to have become a very popular holiday resort, as is shown by the facts that persons letting lodgings with accommodation for six persons have thia season had to find room for three times that number, and that application for board must be made at least two months ahead by intending visitors. Captain Linn, secretary of the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand, has received further particulars from Mr C. E. Fooks, town clerk of Aahburton, in respect to the rescue of Willie Osborne (ten years, of age) by Wilfred Northoote (twelve years of age) from drowning in the Asfhburton river on January 13th.' Osborne could swim a little, but caught cramp, and "was 'Carried into a whirlpool and sank. - Northcote jumped in and saved him, when he had sunk for the second or third time. An application has also been received in respect to the rescue from drowning of William Staptea by James Kane, at Timaru, on December 21st, 1902. 4 At the suggestion of the Admiral, Commander Noel, of H.M.S. Wallaroo, had an interview on Wednesday -with the Premier in WeMington. Last month Admiral Sir Lewis Beaumont wrote to the Governor, intimating tibat the Lords of the Admiralty hfcd signified their desire that he should, after consultation with local Ministers, submit for their consideration a scheme by which Australians .and New ZeaJandera should be entered for permanent service in the navy, the scheme to embody tflie system of entry, service, and rates of pay; also regulations to be compiled for the men of flia#few Zealand branch, of the Royal Navait Reserve. 16 waa therefore cfecided that the senior naval officer of the New Zealand division should communicate directly with such Ministers aa might ba necessary. Matters were accordingly fully discussed yeeterday, and will be duly reported an to the new AdmiralIt Jβ authoritatively stated (saye the Auckland "Star") that a determined attempt will be made this coming session in Parliament by a number of Southern members to induce the Government to discontinue its subsidy to the steamer* running between San Francisco and Auckland under the Oceanic Company's flag. For the post twelve months, it Iβ averred, on agent lias been enfaged locally from Dunedin, with a view to ascertaining the exact number of men employed on each mail steamer as labourers, the quantity of bunker coal token on board, and on approximate estimate of the money paid in wages, etc., during the steamers' stay in Auckland. The object of securing these figures would be to construe them to the disadvantage of the service. About a year ago (says the "Wairaxapa Daily Times") a couple of young women were arrested in Maeterton under -warrant for absconding from St. Mary's Home, in Gbristchurch. They were strong, and healthy, between seventeen him eighteen years of age, and both had been for about a fortnight in i service, giving perfect satisfaction to their employers. The police, at the time, sympathised with the girls in their trouble, but the law is relentkss, and they had to be remanded in custody to Chrjstchurch. Recently, the former employer of one of the girls and another resident, who is in business here, applied, through Mr Hogg, M.H.R., to hire the girls out for eervke. The character of the applicants being unquestionable, Mr Hogg recommended that, if possible, effect should be given to their request. The reply from the Minister of Education ie as follows: — "I have th<i honour to inform you that experience has ehown it to be inadvisable to place Industrial School inmates at service in places remote from the schools to which they belong. I, therefore, regret that I aw unable to accede to the request."

The "McCormick" tag on your binder twine means full weigbt— runs far, evenly spun. Ask Morrow, Bam*st and Co. 5508 Strange.and Oo.V great clearing eaie, which opened with euoh marked irooceae yeeterday, w2l be rcaomed at 10 o'clock to-day, and the doons will remain open until 9 p.m. 19 W. T. McFerran, coneulting chemist. Thirty yeara , experience dispensing the preecription* of leading doctors of NZ. Advice gratis, iledicine 2e 6d. Addrese, 234 High etreet, Christchurch. 6 "Bargains of a most unusual nature still continue to attract tonusual attention at the D.I.C. All departments vie with each other to give ti» moat tempting attractions. Whether it be a costume "or a pair of boots, a kitchen chair, or a splendid pjano or organ, a common China tea set, or a real Doaltoa dinner service, eve'rr one m a bargain, and gives full satisfaction to the buyer. The sale continues until further notice." 21 Wanted B&own—Jewellery sale, for one month, of watches, docks, rings, brooches, end all other classes of jewellery, sold at greatly reduced prices. K. Grieefaaber, Watchmaker and Jeweller, 165 Colombo etreet. '«63 Our cycle repairing capacity is 30 to 60 machines daily. We have the moat complete manufacturing p&nt in Australasia, therefore we can effect the most intricate repair* faithfully and reasonably. Oatee, Lowry and Co., "Zealandi*" CyeU Works, QhnatcrbaxatK 4746

"Bicycles for 1903. Jnst arrmd, •hiproent ex e.s. Turakina, of new Hudson's latest models. Ladies aad gents. Adam* Sun Cycle Depot, 136 Lower High street. 43

Fortunes are daily made by clever inventions. See handbook, how to obtain "Patents" for inventions, free by post from Baldwin and Rayward. 172 Gloucester street, Christchtzrch. A. H. Hart, representative.—(Advt.) ■ i

Dinner and tea sets. —Fletcher Bros, have just opened up another fine assortment of dinner oets from 19b 6d upwards, tea sets from 7s 9d, bedroom eete from 15s 9d, China cups and saucers, TV. and G., 2s lid, pink and celeste, 3 gold lines, 3s 6d, plaia white earthenware Is 9d, all at half-dozen. Fletcher Bros., China and glassware importers, Lower Higjb. Street, Chrurtcburch. —(Advt.) For a really reliable watch the public can do no better than call at M. Sandsteiu and Son, Casbel 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. —(Advt.) 3,000,000 Envelopes, well assorted; 2000 reams note and letter papers, good and cheap; folio papers, every size and quality. Thousands account books, all eises and bindings, now on sale by H." J. Wood and Co., at unpreeedentedly low prices. Office requisites aud stationers' sundries, oi best quality. Large new stock of photo, albums and photo, frames. Thousands of new books, just landed, also immense assortment of cheap reading. A great sale of fancy goods upstairs. Inspection invited by H. J. Wood and Co., Stationers' Hall, High street. Remember the whole stock ie 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's best to have them examined at once. Do not go to the avcage optician or spectacle seller, for he is unable to distinguish between optical defects and diseases, but consult John R. Procter, 180 High street, Christcnurch, who will give you a thorough examination free of chare*. 2115 You will be specially rewarded this week on visiting Beath's great sale. Tremendous sacrifices. See windows for some of the bargains. Don't delay, they are selling freely. r New washing skirts, all colours, 4s 6d to 5s 6d, now 2s lid; this season's blouses, 4s 6d to 5s lid, all 2s lid; pink wool vests, Is 6d for 9d; corsets, double busks, 3s lid and 4s 6d for 2s 6d ; trimmed millinery, 12s 6d for 5 3 lid, 17s 6d for 7s lid; white sailors, 2s lid to 3s lid, all Is; gent's soft felt hats, 6s 6d for Is lid; black coahmere sox, Iβ 6d for Is; strong tweed 1 trousers 8s lid for 5s lid, 10s 6d for 6s lid. At Beath's.