TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17283, 26 September 1916, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY.

At a meeting of the Selwyn Plantations Board yosterday, Mr S. A. Staples presiding, it was decided to invest the sum of £SCO in War Loan bonds.

What is termed the "abandoning' of a wrecked or stranded vessel is surrounded with technicalities narci vo bo understood by the lay mind. The owners of tho Antiope, acting on legal last week decided to notify the underwriters of their intention to "abandon" the vessel, states the " Otago Daily Times,." 'Hie underwriters, however, held a metting on Friday, to consider tho question, when they decided to refuse to accept abandonment of the ship. It is, therefore, understood that the owners win uo» have to rostai-t salvage operations.

A young Napier boy recently sustained a*severe fright by a thoughtless action. Tho lad is at present in the King Country, where the Maoris still cling to their old-time beliefs. The Napier ■•Telegraph" states that ho was repairing a building, and removed some limber from an old Maori boat which was "tapu." That night the Maoris assembled in strong force and made a very threatening demonstration against the station where the lad was employed. After a good deal of trouble they were persuaded that the crime against their sacred custom was committed through ignorance and they withdrew. At the height of the trouble serious consequences seemed to bo probable.

Mr Charles N. Worsley, R.8.A., recently offered to the Canterbury Society' of Arts an addition to its collecjiion in his picture of Mount Sefton,' at present font to the Christehurch office of the Government Tourist Department. Mr Worsley's fine picture was exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in . water-colour, London, and the condition attached to his generous gift is that tho sum of £IOO must be collected by subscription, or other means, and paid to one of the patriotic funds. Mr C. J. Treleaven, sccrotarv of tho St John Ambulance Association, stated last cvoning that ho had been approached by two gentlemen, both of whom were willing to subscribe £lO each, provided eight others would do the same.

A relic of old days, said to bo the first printing press brought to New Zealand, has been presented to -the Canterbury College authorities by Bishop Julius, to whom it was conveyed by Messrs Marriner Bros., of Christehurch. The press is behoved to have been brought to Now Zealand in 1830, and used in the Bay. of Islands in tho early work of tho missionaries. At the mooting of the Canterbury College Board of Governors yesterday tho chairman (Mr .J. C. Adams)," in moving a vote of thanks to Bishop Julius for his gift, said that iu all probability tho press was used by Marsdcn in the early davs. The press was accepted for addition to the Old Colonists' sectiou of the museum, in accordance with tho Bishop's suggestion.

"That the original grant of tho land comprising the si to for tho St Andrew's church and manso, which is at the present time in the collection of local decuments in tho public library, bo hatded over to the Deacons' Court of. that, church." In these terms a motion was carried by the governing body of Canterbury College yesterday, conveying to Sfc Andrew's Church, a greatly valued link with tho early days. It is interesting to note that Sfc Andrew's) Church is closely identified with the early history of Canterbury, and among the documents in tho publiclibrary is a very comprehensive report by the. Deans Brothers, two of tne oldest members of St Andrew s Church, on tho general conditions ot tho country, and tho needs of prospective pioneers. The Deans Brothers settled at lliccarton long before the pioneers, and it was their invaluable report by which the Canterbury Association was largely Ruided in clipping the pioneers of the Hast I 1 our ships. Tho Durham Street Methodist Church was crowded on Sunday evening when Mr and Mrs Ernest Firth at the close of the service gave another of their organ and vocal recitals. This recital was for the purpose of giving the congregation, in a retiring collection, tho opportunity of contributing towards a fund to provide Christmas gifts for sixty men connected with the church who arc at tho front. There was a magnificent response to the appeal, over £2l being the result, which is very gratifying to tho ladies of the church who have undertaken the purchase and despatch of the gifts. Mr Firth's organ solos were '-'Sonata No. 1 ' (Mendelssohn), "At Evening" (Dudley Buck). "Minuet" (Boccherini), "Ana - E Miserere" (Verdi) and "Triumphal March" (Dudley Buck). Mrs Firth sang 'Prelude" (Lanrlon Ronald), " Love not tho World " (Sullivan). " O Lord. Thou Hast Searched Mc Out" rßennett), " G<xl Shall Wipe Away All Tctts,''' and with Mr • H. BlnMey Tilde's duct, "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross." Sometimes town boys do some curious things when they get into tho country, says tho " Timaru Herald." A farmer at Arundel had a boy eleven years-of ago staying with him last week, and ho wns very interested" in watching the fowls and ducks at feeding time. One morninn: the lad was seen chasing the fowls away from their feed, with a big stick. When asked why he was doing this ho explained that the 'fowls pecked up tho grain twice as fast as the ducks and ho was chasing the hens away so as to give the ducks a better chance at the wheat. It wns explained to him that though tho fowls appeared to -pick the grain up quicker than tho ducks they onlv took one grain at a time.' whereas the ducks shovelled it up with their broad beaks. The farmer jocularly added that the ducks needed their beaks sharpening. A day or two later a groat commotion was heard in one of tho sheds, and on o;oinsr to see the cause of all the noise it was found that the boy had tho ducks yarded up and was sharpening their beaks' When discovered, ho had operated on two which ho had loft with benks like nen points. * Both had to be destrovod. The farmer in question has decided that in future he will onlv sav what ho means literally. T.nnsby's " Stop Tt" cures coughs quicklv. Suit'; n 1! nces. Plensant to take—ls 6d. 2s 6r3, 4s 6d.. Cheilitis and twicers.. X Your friends want your photograph. They will liko it better if taken by Steffano Webb, Peterson's IXii'dings, Iligh Street. 5 " Live and Learn."—Take advantage of others' experience. Thousands praise Br iter's Lurig Preserver as the surest remedy for coughs and colds. Don't experiment longer—use and benefit by " Baxter's," tho best. Is lOd buys big bottle anywhere. 1 For that heavy dull feeling in tho head which accompanies Nasal Catarrh, take a good inhalation of "NAZOL'' through a Nazol Inhaler. This will afford immediate relief. Test "NAZOL" to-day 1 13

Miss M. Ewart. matron of tho Returned Soldiers' Hospital, Wellington, left for the north last evening, after spending a few days with Mrs P. D. Manscllj Worcester Street. The First Division Court of Appeal sot yesterday, says 'i Press Assosociation telegram from Wellington, and after formally arranging tho order of business adjourned till 10.30 a.m. on the following day.

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