GENERAL NEWS.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14978, 27 May 1914, Page 8

GENERAL NEWS.

Tho auction announcements of M. Matson* and Co., Maling and Co., Mark 6prott and Co., W. E. Simes and Co., Pyne and Co., Laurie and Dalton, Harris Bros., Daigety and Co., Conway Mateon and Sons. Tonka, Norton, and Co.. H. B. Sorensen, R. Latter, R. S. MeKenzie and Co.. and National Mortgage and Agency Co., will be found on page 15 of this issue.

Yesterday's subscriptions to the Coal and Blanket Fund were:—"Friend." £i Is; Mrs Jones, £1 Is; and "R.W.8.," £1 Is. The Hon. W. Fraser. Minister of Public Works, has advised the secretary of the Waiau Railway League (M r & Baker) that he is unable to spare the time to turn the first sod of the Waiau railway, but that his colleague, tha Hon. R. Heat-on Rhodes, will do so, "between the dates of June Bth and 11th both inclusive, at the convenience of ''-bia lAiana.

Preparations are in. hand for the opening of a third picture theatre in Timaru.

A poll will he taken on June 16th for the purpose of electing two members to tho Lyttelton Harbour Board. The Timaru Borough Council have decided to abandon their old system of collecting the rates twice a year, and to t collect them in one sum. As a result of the change the Council hope to reduce the office work materially, and to effect a substantial saving in their bank overdraft. _A slight error occurred in the report of the Addington burcesses' meeting ; n yesterday's paper. It was stated that the £109 collected, with tho City Council's subsidy of £100, would be sufficient for the erection of a band rotunda, but. <"u> it is intended to have a dressnrtgrontn underneath, it is estimated that i-230 will bo required. The Wellington agent of the Press Association telegraphs:—lt is understood that thti Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company will shortly erect an extensive factory in the North Island for the nroduo-.icn of Nestles condensed milk. Mr A. C. Hargrove, Australasian manager for Nestles. is now in New Zealand in connexion with the enterprise. An interc-tiig 'Virion came before '-r Justice Sim in the Snnreme C.v

::t Dinod-.. iv, ■ -a.. '~x.y a * ,i Press Association nvessnge). Joan and William Kemp, fanners., borrowed £">3O on their property from the Pahnorston Odd fellows. A»ter a time they repaid £2-50. Thus sum was paid to John Crisp, solicitor, who did nor acccuiifor it. Crisp lias since been sent to goal for the misappropriation of certain funds. Tbe question i;<, whether Crisp -was tho Lodge's agent to coK-le-t: in other words <h tho Kemps or the Lodge lose the £2.~.0? At last night's meeting of the Canterbury Footbad Association the chairman X, English) said hi l thought the executive were not using their best efforts in the matter of purchasing a new ground, owing to an undercurrent, in trio Association. He had received £o os from both the Mayor and Mr Wilding yesterday. Father Quin said

:t was time that tho Association had a ground of their own. He had made a canvass, and had raised £'.'lO in a few days. It behoved the other members of the executive to get to work, and not raise objections outside the. meetings.

News was received by the steamer Dorinda from Papua last week of the arrival of the yacht Tilik-im II- —a vessel ofabout six tons— at Snmarai. British New Guinea, on the sth mat., after a venturesome cruise (says the "Sydney Morning Herald"). The vessel is in charge cf Captain Vos-. who vidted Sydney some years ago in another vessel named the Tiliktim, and he is accompanied by Mr W, G. Vied. The httle vessel started from Yokohama, and called at New Britain and German New Guinea before going on to 'Saraarat. Captain Vos exnectod to leave samarai on. the Oth inct. for Brisbane, lie intends to make a trip round tho world in the Tjlikam 11.

Another echo of the Giliespio transactions was heard at the Palmereton North Supreme Court, when Edward Newmg, -a Wanganui settler, claimed trom George Hemson Foota, a Feildmg farmer, tho sum of £350. -It-was aliegodthatO.N.Gillesnie, the defaulting Feilding solicitor,, acted on defendants behalf in securing him a Joan on certain property in Feilding from the plaintiff, and for which advance, it was aliezed, no mortgage had ever been given. At certain stages of the proceedings.- Mr Innes, counsel for defendant, admitted that his client owed Prior and Gillespie some money, but it did not amount to £350. They were willing to pay it to plaintiff,. Eventually the ca«e. was adjourned to see if a settlement cottfdW arrived-at. •.

V fJT f' F - G «enaway,.of Rakaia, lodged an application fora license under the Mining Act. 1908. to'work a portion of the Ninety Mile.Beach from the Rakaia river for a length of about a mile south of the terrace? Gold has been found on this beach and some years ago the late Mr Thomas Wilson, who was forming at Seaview, close to the mouth of the Aabburton river, used occasionally to bring in, very small parcols which he had found in patches of black sand which %ad been washed up and deposited -along the beach after heavy storms or unusually high tidies. Mr Andrew McFarlan©, of * Alford Forest, has from time to timip Bad large areas of tbe bill country at the back of Alford Forest, Stavelev, and Mount Somors thoroughly prcsoected v eyoert miners, but though numeral" were found no cold was ever. diVcorf red in anything approachinjz. nayable quantities. '

A meeting of considerable interest' to school teachers will take place at'the Normal "School at II a.m. on Saturday next. All the Canterbury members of Parliament have been invited by -the Educational Institute to attend the meeting, and matters of great importance to members of the teaching -profession will be discussed. It is no secret that the present year will probably bring many changes in educational matters, and teachers generally have reasonable grounds for hoping for the various reforms which hare" so long been desired br educational exnerts. The Institute has -"->nointed Messrs Cauehley. Jnst. and Evans to speak on behalf of the teachers, AH teachers in tbe. sen-ire of the North Canterbury Board of Education are cordially.invited to be present, and it is hoped that there will be a rncord attendance. To suit country teachers, the meeting hasbeen arranged for 11 a.m. ,

Tho crew attached to a local threeh-in-f; mill had an excitinc experience at Crown terrace at an early hour on Friday morning (says the "Lake County Press"). Tho men were deeping in a barn, the door of which had been left slightly open for the purposes of ventilation, and about 2 a.m. a wandering errs- stalked majestically into the dormitory. Finding that she had made a mistake tbe cow attempted to back out but in doing so she closed tbe door and then th* trouble commenced. The animal endeavoured to make an exit by the window and the crash of. breaking glass awoke the sleepers. Two of the men. who on the previous evening had regaled their comrades with tales of encounters with wild cattle in Australia and pk-bnntin-r in the Taranakj immediately took to the rafters while several others took refutre under their respective beds. At length one man, who appeared; to be the on ! y menber of. the crew to retain his presence of mind dnrimr the tryi*v ordeal, executed a rapid flank m-rremeat and after opening the dor drove tbe animal out. Then *b*» "herces *f a hundred fi-s-V*" fro-m the rafters and tb-» other' ""v-»v<-r" -emerged from their places of refuge.

There was a splendid muster of No. 67 Company Senior Cadets in iving Edward Barracks last nigbt, 55 out of a total strength of 56 parading under Lieut W. G. Skelton for inspection by Color-el G. J. Smith. Officer Commandin** the Canterbury Infantry Brigade. The lads, who looked exceedingly well, were put through company drill and exercises, in which tbey acquitted themselves splendidly. At tho conclusion of the narade. the company was addressed by Colonel Smith, who was accompanied by Major J. Murphy. Officer Commandin*- the Ist (Canterbury) Regiment. Colonel Smith remarked that their equip" l " 6ol was good and well put on and they were exceedincly steady on parade- Both he and Major Murphy were well satisfied with what they had seen, and we-r ->!->a.--ed to be present to show their interest in tbe Senior Cadets. He was triad to see that they were well drilled and fairly efficient, and that there was f-ucb a full complement on parade. The Ooawa Cadets had a remarkably good record, and he would do anvtbin-r toencoura E © them in their training, whi-b would serve them in r.'.ead when they */. iha Torritnriak.

Colonel Hobday has contributed £5 & '*M to the Open Air Fund. LI Altera tiotw in the railway wme-tabl».' '"\ for the W- s Birthday (Jnnp 3rd) 3 » **> i announced olscwnere in this issue. ' *S-\ Undefended divorce cases will _»- - - taken in th» Supreme Court this mora- " 1 mg at 10 o clock. -• 1 The bricklayer,' industrial dispni,."-| has been nut down tor hearing bafara -" the Counnl or Conciliation at 10 am Clambers 3th iD tho rr ° Viacial The Tramway Board has acceded ta the requests of the St. Alhan* Bun! - gesses' Association concerning tho SL 1 Albnwj time-table. Tho now t m L > table will come into force on Jua© j

Yet another caae of broken bv-l__» was handed to the police aurhorhJJ on .Monthly by the Tramway Board T man is alleged to have jumped "on "a ' car moyini: at a gooii rate. TV T *»iW would have claimed him as its victim ' mid he not kept his hold. ; The official' opsins of rhe Kirn »: — \ . Coronation Mnmonal HospK •■ * Kit C ;f s 1 ,1 lu P- n ;«- on the Ca-Ainaw „ Bills will be performed by the Hon! '-■■ !• lien-on Rnnde.s (Minister «f Hospitals and Public Health) on Wednt» uay, .hr.-.c r.srd, at 2 p.m. At. St. Paul's Hall. Lichfield street ' ,-£, mo "™' J-venin ? , a lecture antitaf - ihe Lite story or F. G. Charring**? " ' wih be delivered by tho Rev H J Lewi;. the" lwturo there "will no musical items, and the hafl wm be connoruihiy heated. The pro- ! <vods or the _ ecturo an, to he „pS <' towards ou.l.iing a church-at LinJSff An illustration of the difficulty of time-tame ranking has arisen at the Tramway Boards office. A few month, ago the car hnng.ii.j the eight "clock " people into town did not amve in J£ • until two minute, t efctt ™ , \-^_& n ;ij -r d: t° ---•* nSffi ". p i\ * " at ""'"tcr-.aas- sot m the - - Board has been asked"' to go hack t! the old time-table. ** X W -. Membei-s of tJio Christchurch Drain. - age Board, together with a immbeTaf •• mvitcd guests, will p a y ~ vj *|™°f.» apection to the dvaiWgo far ro a ?<[ works to-day. Tho Ifavor will £ . one of the r „ x ty, aad ,„: » ■ ■ or tins engagement, he will b*T. ?_t tendance at the City Council ChSiS ■ir ß &'&! ffl .»■«. i-^ra,. 'Jtj. acLins "flat, in v w 0 f the receinr uhe pioparticn witnin the Bprouch of Chnstchurcb. the City CouffgoflS ' ' - ed f 1014 - J '>. so that the owners of nroT " PWty wdl not b« railed upon g ' more rates this year than' they p P ai_

r 't'„- an[ vrterous made by '■ Crdcnel G J. _ mith . Commanding '■ Cbmr.-Jiurch -Inraatry Brigade, &■ . Haglev Park. ilt 9 *._,. on Wednesday. ,' June 3rd (hings Birthday). The E Battery :s ro bre a salute of 21 "ims ,- and the troops will mar ch past Thero ; is to be a special enclosure for Hone- - rary lorritoriah., who. it i_- hoped will " attend in force.

The "tensive deposit of driftwood along the Waikanae beach, extending ' • tor about a milo from the river cr£ '"' trance, continues to provide quite ft windiaH for local townspeople (says Saturdays Gi-bome "Herald"). Tho -" beach each day presents a scene of ac- '-'. tlMtj-. The best of the limber is bejnn '" sorted out, and Mucked in heaps by tho respective owner-.. Fortunately "for many rhnfrv •_ t j lo ' a gy\, uriiood the flood came during; the ' " school holidays, and conseqneatly many - lads ara to be sWn busy with axes or ii?- 1 - CJirts in tha winter's supply.The Maoris resident in town arc a&> < sianng in the windfall, and have so'tnajf the largest stacks. The carrying'"'iiwav ot tho approach to the Grey street _ , * bridge has prt-cluded the firewood berate ''"- carted to town. One industrious- man -%:. hail been cutting out puriri bousa " blocks,, and it is reported he fs making: - ' * quite a "gocd thing" out of it. The third number of the Dunedin ; "riketcher." a copy of which ha H beau '."■ sent us, is as full ot clever things, as. tho previous numbers. There ia an abundance of excellent black-and-white' drawings by Mr E. H. Thompson-, in which a good many of Dunodin'a =-.; "notabilities" will find themselves .not ''- unkindly .satirised. Letterpress of- a - lightly humorous kind i> provided by -'" T ?. Gurr, Morris George, "Mon'soar." and others. Readers are warned in tho course of a brief Foreword, thaa -_.'_ "the .'Sketcher' accepts no blame for, •% any of the jokes that appear in theso ~ ' pages, as they were specially printed ' >" from the dir-*tory and other leading:' ~1, humorous publications. Those written - ■."". by the sketcher himself escaped tha ;.* notice of the rorrp.". and must be re- , garded as printer's errors.''' The littla „_. magazine is well worth the .modest V, sum of sixpence, which is the advertised charge for it. --? It has hecn said by visitors that th« dwellers in New Zealand cities are* enth'iniahtir* over their sports, hut it take* countrymen and countrywomen to really appreciate th« serious side of* , say, football. Last Wednesday a -natch V was played at Woodville between.' a. • *-- local team and an Aotea (Maori) team, and a racial war was narrowly- averted- . ' When a bulky Maori. Rangi Rautahf r ; -'- ■ got over the line and iscorea a try for . •-» Ilia side, four young Maori girls rushed, r-". over to the.hero and hugged and kissed '•'<•' him (reports the local paper). Th» /•; onlooker* were greatly delighted with.-^, ; the scene. And when Perry Japes '_,'.• potted a goal just an the call of time -"* and won the match for his side, severaf Woodville girls joined iv the cheering. This was more than a' Maori girl* v dressed in bright yello***. could stand,-',.,' ••nd she knocked one Woodville girt -, uown and punched another in the back*. -' ■>nd looked determined enongh to

for all the females on the ground, <mf/\ she was prevented by her companions; / A few days" trial proves the ad-vaaV age of using Mrs Rolleston"s Special - Cream for the face, instead of watery f during the cold weather. It ia imported -J from England, and is guaranteed not i<* promote the growth of hair on the face. Price U 6d large jar, 2s 9d small. minion Building, Cathedral square. 5-.\y Bargains •in the furnishing depart-.""' ment at Armstrong's, ■ Ltd.- —one thon- ..- sand two hundred cushion tops and' covers at half Enelwfa cost, tops 4_d to ,-■. Is lid, covers from 7\d. *" ' When the children, grow up tha* ?■. family group taken now will bo mostvalued. Get yours dono by Steffaoo - ' Webb. Telephone 1989, Poterson'* - Buildings, High street. * _ Walter J. Wat*on, D.8.0.A.. Xon- . . don. Expert Optician (near Kincaid's). _ -: Accurate Sight-testing and Spectacle- . fitting. Repairs to Frames and broken _* Lenses matched. Charges moderate. 8 - Full-length and three-quarter knitted ,"■ jackets, wanted shades, worth 28s 6d t*» 425, for l<3s 6d, at Armstrong's, Lid, 3 * The mornings grow dark. The modern - Watchman. "Big Ben." will call on tto _■ moment and insistently. Pnce 12s od, .- _ at Hastie, Bull and Pickering's, oppo-^' cite Ballantyne's. "Big Ben's littl* •_. brother -'Lookout,'' at 6s. « ,'.- In the gentlemen's department at _.*. Armstrong's. Ltd.. gents' collars, any *"-: shape. 6d; Samson braces. lOidi -'.: Mil-ado braces, Is 6d: neglige bhirta, /■_- -2s lid: Velour hats. 4_ lid, 5s lid; .-_; Aquatite overcoat* new shades, 29* 6d, J y 39s 6d, fleecy mufflers Is lid, 2s lid. : * all new goods. ' ? - "

Relics of a Tragedy. . . . . 'I - A gruesome relic of the uniortiraat* *-". explorer Werner, who mat his- fate ca ~-J the North-East Coast, came to hfihS--_'-_ recently, when some boy 3 recruited I\-j_ from the -district where the murder oe- «.*";■ , currod handed their new master earn* •"*. , scraps of boot leather with iron bee» . -J& attached, which they -stated had oao»-,-|f I

Wnnced to the deceased explorer (says SSSUndent of the "Sydney Morn- • Tlio story they tell s • SftUo natives thought that the boot*. "T;*h they had never seen before, fSmcd a portion of tho anatomy of white man. and no less [fen three days were spent by some of i£. i«>;Hn<* them to make them suffioulnv to bo eaten. They man-LSowa-portion of tbe uppers, "^JonSof the boot protectors were as ornaments for tho cars.

TrsvelJ ed Americans. i'_ood but old story, which has ap*Jj in "Punch," among other S*e» was told last week in Sydney by -f, Rey W. C. Foole, a Methodic SLcopalian minister from San Fran!to during a talk at the Lyceum hall. SJoperator had thrown on the Bcreeii • ,*!l«fo showing an active volcano in »f3 the island groups. -Among the - ?£s.*bo were looking at .this lake •fSfon tho occasion of my visit," taid V,?Vmlc "was n Yankee whose lanJjl was not always poll to, and an lady who resented Ins vor--K-S The AnurK-nn looked over H ?rt' fl molten mass, and although F * W? u-1.-S/to be Kirriligiotw, I ml) ~*82..,.* 8 2.. 11l own words: 'Gee! but cT c - ro *„r£ tbiui hell" he said. • !T bls fcJrT EvcrvbcKly .smiled but tbe daughter-) **, * ir>a _ mft> sho saw-

T 4c T WEEK OF "SWIFT' AM> Tho stocktaking clearing sale, of tho * Kin] "Hwi< r ami star b. ' bt ?~ W been extremely bnccossful, ' K d £s«t in prices attracting so many tho £o m * '"if. t i er „ Ls little doubt frSof thew«k will «»o the end -*Morient stocks. As previously of iho Ps*^- havo r _diiced tho price 6 & £15/ with corresponding, reductions 2 JJfeV models, and have^included.iu 'ZS stock samples ot tho very lat- - if Sirift" racing model, tho machine Sb the'short h/ad, short rt>/"nced- weight. The star, a the firm of Adams, JCTor a quarter of a century, has H£-|Sa4d-m pneo from £12 10s to . £Se of the very .latest model, the ' £_£» being equipped with free {gd, steel mudguards and two po«In rim brakes, while tho reliability uddurabflity of the machines isvouch- " $ for by us. The stocktaking sale - Sriod is now drawing to a close, and those desirous of benefiting by the preJJnTrcductions should make their pnr- ■ .bases before tho end of the week. In "' order to "give; even-one an opportunity of buying the world's best bicycle, the "Swift," we will arrango especially "' easy terms of repayment, as low as LI deposit and monthly instalments of pi being accepted. Included in our clear- * ■' anco sale are a number of second-hand - machines,' overhauled in our factory, and in first-lass running order. Theso 1 are being offered at ridiculously low pnecs', as we need tho floor space i^ey » occupy for heavy shipments of new stock." Adams, Ltd., High street, Cbri-fteburch. (R. M. Adams, "swift and -'Star" Representative.) o