NEWS OF THE DAY

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 74518, 6 February 1890, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY

i The Week-tFe-ss.— I I tive title of Travels in a Can«, * j Park recounts in the WtaUt {JJg*. I more of his adventures '*» 1 beam. This time he.*-* "PJ*: j** | perilous feat of going tbfooga"' m g watu eorge, and his | journey wiU be found "* 1 We congratulate our coat I having secured this advento«»» | as a contributor.. Tbe Mania " y an mtereatin* critique °« § |sa . a Gondoliers," che new opera by w rfi j Sullivan. A remarkable story M § Connecticut Yankee in ."-f* Court, by Mark Twain, *hie*& » :}goo * j ing with the auth ;f. 1 1 Spectator makes a detailed { the. Australian Cup ■ •»» . # *-* § Handi4ap,and the **%*£t..\ § Grids !*&*--**** ****** ' f

SHE----- - _-___ ov_w. Savin and FB » r ftS to a Slows—"Wheat market l.fele-s; conld S-tblv sell _*-* 5-*** Jft - d -An-** at 335. *-_+:<_■ of the San Fn-ocuco mad will -bout five o'clock this «_ing ia -c Takapuna, and should L-nre in Lrtteium early Friday morning. ■*£__Vc_n«i-.-T_e shooting and attendance pri.es gained by members of ST Siapoi Volunteer Cadet Company t__ t-Xtribntod at their drill hall at seven this eveni_g. ....-,. H-wxkes' BT-Law.-It appears that tte Kaiapoi Town Cour-cil cannot make up i« _v_A to enforce the by-law recently passed for tbe licensing of hawkers, •"_"»**£ tided to withdraw from prosecnting per- «»„ that Mr A. HMulton *•* ~° ° ua -»- «-'fe IK l Sews was received m LytKlton 'that the Fartune had armed at Akaroa at 9.80 am. !<**?_%__*__. - ho I * _ ivpmyrsMTan.--Tbe authorities -no ft-Ttolt-J *• be placed over the side f____el oppiite the entrance■£_*«_*£• frnblac Library. This is a much-needed CSvex-ent, which the large body of Ju-scribers and f visitors to the readingroom will no doubt appreciate. Kaiapoi Coubt Ho___.—The Govern-tt-ot, we learn, intend to proceed at once .. with the retu-ding of the iujoapo* Court house and police station, a work which has been for some time much required. It wiu be sat__actory to see the present old ramlh___le tenement and rickety fencing removed from one of the central corners of the town and tbeplace made at least decent, if n<it much improved. Wxslktas Cok-sr-ncx. - The final eesiion of the Conference was held on Wednesday morning. After reading scripture.- Mr _. A. White offered prayer, The Secretary of Conference read the journal, which after various emendations was taken as the reo_rd of Conference, and a hymn was tben sung, prayer offered by Rev. Mr Morley, and tbe President brought the C—ference to a close by pronouncing the benediotton. IKOU-T-X-Ii 801-DINO SOCI-TT. — A meeting was held last evening at the Oddfellows' Chambers to make the ninth appropriation of-3300. The meeting having decided that this should be by ballot. the ballot was taken in the usual manner, with the result that the holder of share J*o. 162 was declared entitled to the sum of £300 for twelve years without interest. Fob-mtbt.—The monthly meeting of the Court Star of Canterbury, No. 2309, was held on Monday evening at the Foresters' Hall, under the presidency of Bro. G. Matthews, CJ3. The chairman was supported by Bro. T. Gapes, D.8., Bro. H. A. Brace, P.C.R., and all the officers of the Court The minutes of the previous meeting, showing receipts £115, were read and co__Ti_ed, and the Secretary's report of the quarterly district meeting adopted after some little discussion. Bro. C. Samuels handed in his resignation as a member of tbe Management Committee on which he -__ seen eight years' service, and Bro. J. Scan, &.CJL, was unanimously elected to the .vacancy. One new member was -utiated, and three candidates proposed for membership, after which the meeting was duly closed by the chairman. DUS-DIN EXBXBITION WoOb COMFSTI-"•BO-.-rWith reference to the list of jurors' "awards to the wool competitors which wets published a few days ago, we are requested to rectify the following mistake 'which was then made:—The first prize for merino greasy wool, division A, section 6, was mentioned therein as having been Swarded te Messrs Bennett Bros. This —mdd be Mr Bennet, Rothes Langton, the owner of the Warren Station at East Oxford (manager, Mr F. Crowe), who was lb© the owner of the scoured merino wool which gamed the first prize in section I of fif-don G. The scourer in this case was Mr T. York, ot Woolston

Isdcstexu. Pkotxction Lkaqub.—The Bt*__ weekly meeting of the Committee of the Christchurch branch of the above League-was heldonTuesdaynight. ThePrendatt, Mr D. Shaw, occupied the chair, and there was a fair attendance of members. The report of the annual meeting in Dnne--in of the Otago branch of the League was read, and the Committee entirely agreed with the remarks made by the different speaker-. The Committee feel that the wedge of protection has yet to by driven home, and that protectionists must rally *»imd the flag cf protection if they wish to succeed, a&d not be deceived be the cries of Intercolonial freetrade and federation. Give our industries the enoouragement of a true and honest protective tariff, and liberal land laws, so that toe land could be settled upon with advantage to the Beta er, then there would be no hece-fity for Mr Stead or any one else, advocating the mumpta-a. of State-aided Notice of motion was given that at the next meeting, next week, a re-olutioa would be moved and a discusfcoa take place, 0 a the advisability or oa-f*™* of New Zealand joining the proposed Domuu-n of Australia. Mr HaUen-ft-ana paner on trades unions was read tod highly approved of. After aome rontoebu-m-M had been disposed of the • Bt »t__g_d**oor_ed.

n? EHG-__-_._Our London **&«-—Sir Chas, Nichol- &*?.. he 6 - Totteridge, Herta, !_- £? hi* eighty-first year? jMthe oeouion is taken by an evening a sketch of his career. «_L . *r* ""-firing member of the JJ Australian Parliament, elected in ««_fle was returned as one of the six wpPwe-tabves of what was then the Port aaalM"™?*!* New Souta w «d«. now |* of Victoria. As g£k«r of the New South Wales Legisla***j»» a period of nine years, he was a -ma-ess, and received a knightSeven ylars **** 9*oaaotad to a baronetcy in JgS** s ?. o * h » MC-asing -abors on {*-* at M*e Sydney University, of which T__v?. u -**°c__'or for a series of years. |^JWreity of Oxford also rewarded |* tame-- in this connection by making honorary D.CJ., and Cambridgi 2f**J*-t by eonfemng on hiio «• degree of LLJ>. Sir Charles Siv^ W **'_* -early b iaS3? ago *. an<i conunenced praetioe &S_S_?_? far back aa 183-. .Text to S____r »_«holaon. Lord Sherbrooke is Australian _>_r__uneatarians. |?«««jearß of public life in New South an excellent training for the te^-TT-* *=on_i«euouß -political S&* «* Mother country. Lord isreportedto be deriving an IS I ?*' reTCaae ***■» *-**■ ia Sydney ago, but which are now •*-s*o_*ly enhanced in value. -_nj_.H.~The faeS T _?_£ °° Moa<i »y -vening last. m ° -he Super- *?*?* * -he congregation a TnT^_f° rt ** dSdthe •ftM-and tkf tkT 1 *-**«?•» '•we about ■*• -*o*ea that and expenditure were nearly ***• «-S_____^£ mch - w «»--»«red so -aj^™ l * that it was agreed the D!w OUld I * l - it wm decided prepare the report on g_«M aelerr-d till tho a-niversaxv ___<[

T -~--t-«- "FTabbobßoa**®.-— The annual L Board was held mC tJ2L elsewhere. r-*t~to*in that city. ESteTbe called the Maa, and to be runm *_-S-_4 c J and disposed of

Saktlet.-Au Auckland Press Asso-ci-don telegram states that the great £_Sone singer, Chas. *-* S-nd by the Te Anau from Sydney EiFtxs.-The annual of this Company, which S_ to have bfen held this evening, has 1 Musrc-The Avonride < band will perform on the lawn of the Ghristchurch Working Men's Club this evening at _ff b Col-? Mission-Mr X Coad commences a Gospel temperance mission of .welvedays, at Tuam street Hall, on Sunday next at 3 in the afternoon. Cath_dba_ Choie.—As will be seen by advertisement elsewhere, there are vacancies in the Cathedral choir for voluntary basses. Applications to be madei to the Very Rev. the Dean, or to Mr JendaU. Magist_bia-.—Ac the Resident Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, yesterday, the only business before the Court was a case of drunkenness, for which a man, whose first offence it was, was fined ss. MrR. Westenra was on tbe Bench. Cocksing.—Our Dunedin correspondent telegraDhs that during next coursing season four meetings will be held at Forbury, beginning with the first week in April. The Waterloo Cnp Meeting will be held about July llth. There are already j a large number of dogs in training. j P__.so**A_.—The San Francisco mail \ agent, says a Wellington Press Association telegram, regrets to inform the Secretary of the Post Office that on the day the Alameda arrived in San Francisco (December 21st) Mr R. J. New Zealand Government agent, sustained a serious accident, by whioh one of his legs was badly fractured. Loed Henbt Phijts.—According to. the Australian papers it was Lord Henry Phipps, second son of the Marquis of Normanby, and not Lord Hervey Phipps, who was thrown from hi 3 horse in Brfs-

bane. Lord Henry is a sheep fanner, residing at Brisbane. He sustained a severe scalp wound and some internal injuries about the chest.

Theatbe "Royal.—** Sweet Lavender" appears most thoroughly to have taken the fancy of Christchurch play-goers, as there was again last night a capital house at the Theatre Royal. The piece evoked both laughter and applause, and all the characters were called before the curtain.

I "Sweet Lavender" will be played again to-night, and is well worth seeing. Tecs Coax. Hulks.—At the meeting oj the Lyttelton Harbor Board yesterday the Chairman said that instructions had been given to the harbor-master not to require the coal hulks to shift from the wharves unless the berths were required. It was also pointed out in the course of the discussion that Wellington, from its. contiguity to the West Coast, was most convenient for coaling, and therefore it was not fair to blame the Harbor Board,.because the steamers of the Shipping Companies would probably coal there. Accident. —Yesterday an old man, named Robert Fullon, while feeding a horse in a stable in Selwyn street received a kick from the animal. On being taken to the Hospital he was found to have sustained a comminuted fracture of the left thigh, the injury involving the knee. The limb was set, and last night he was going on as well as. under the circumstances could beexpeqted.

Thb Bu-tNT Mal-s. — According to a Wellington Press Association telegram the Secretary of the Post Office states that some of the registered and other corresCdence on board the train which was ned in Nebraska was for the colonies and was lost, but the Post Office authoriti__ do not think that the quantity was luge. Further details of the catastrophe will be found in the 'Frisco mail news.

School Committk-.—The South Rakaia School Committee held its ordinary meeting on Monday. Present)--—Messrs Hardy (Chairman), Oxley, Lyddy, Dowling, aud C. Dixon. The Chairman reported that the school accounts had been duly audited and found correct. The master's. report showed the attendance had hot been so good during the past month, which was attributed to harvest operations. The sum of £5 18s 7d, expenses of the late treat, was passed for payment.

Sunday School Tbbat.—-The children of the Merivale Sunday school had their annual odting yesterday, going to Mr Cunningham's paddock in Merivale lane. The ladies of the parish had provided eatables and prizes for races, &_., and a very happy . day was spent. Before leaving cheers were given for Mr Cunningham, the incumbent, and the teachers. The children then marched to the parsonage, sang a part of a hymn, and dispersed.

Tai Taptt Daisy Co-tPAirf.—-The halfyearly meeting of the Tai Tapu Dairy Company was held last evening. It promised at the outset to be somewhat brief, but through the tact of the Chairman and one or two shareholders present it was carried through successfully. The amount of milk received into the factory for the past half-year was 2,223,1681b, from which 75,9101b of butter were made. A report of the .meeting will be found elsewhere.

Hbathcotb Lawn.—To-night Mr T. H. Hanger, of the Heathcote Arms Hotel, is to have another of the lawn entertainments which have been made so popular during the last six weeks. The evenings now being moonlight, there should be a very large gathering of the public. The trams leave the square at 7.15 and 8.15 p.m. The brass band will be in attendance and play music to the dancers during the evening. Fatal Accident.—A man named Joseph Deans, 73 years of age, was killed by a fall from a horse at Woolston yesterday. It appears at a quarter to ten that morning he was riding on horseback, and had just crossed the Badley bridge, when he was seen to fall. A man named Edmund Taylor, in the employ of Mr York, fall-mong-r, saw the accident,. and, with a fellow workman named Gardner, went to the spot and picked Dean up. They found he had sustained a deep cut on the back of his head, and he died in the course of a minute or two. It is supposed that the deceased was seized with a fit or a sudden attack of weakness. He lived with his nephew, Mr Thomas Deans, butcher. The body was removed to the Wharf Hotel to await an inquest. . Co-ckbt.—A concert, in aid of the music fund of Mr Seelen's orchestra, waa given in the Trinity Hail on Tuesday evening, before a very good audience. Songs were rendered in good style by the following— Misses Long and Florance, Messrs Bobson, Atkinson, and Young *. pianoforte items. Misses Burrell, Florance, and Yarndley ; recitations and readings by Miss Lorgeson, Messrs Stenning and Walker. Mr Morrisson gave a violin solo, very nicely; Mr Gibbs was encored tor a very nicely-p-_yed«-_xionet solo - Mr Goodchild gave a violoncello solo creditably; flute items were given by Messrs Seelen and Bull; the orchestra, under Mr Seelen, gave ta-ree selections very nicely ? Miss Burrell was a most efficient accompanist. The concert terminated by the singing of the National Anthem. —-*■-----

B-osqioba L-ts-übt iNs-mui'i-.—The monthly meeting of the Managing Committee was held on Tuesday evemrur, Mr George Buckham in the chairs The Tr-asurer renorted the receh_>ts forth* past month had been £12 6s, expenditure JBl3 S'J___}ffi,\ balliooe > h - nd -» 9s 2d. t^** 1 * mone y »as due to meet all the habuities, and that he hoped by the end of the month to have a dean sheet The Cfl-a-rman was authorised to procure a good lamp for the reading-room. The rent of the hall for the Sunday "■school picnic entertainment was redu_ed to £1 Several necessary improvements were ordered to be attended to, and after s_me consideration as to the bast means of raising funds to make further inmroveniants, the mating terminate.

Int_bcoloi-__i. Cricsxt Match.—A meeting of the Snb-CV-_-mitfcee in connection with the above will be held at Warner's Hotel this evening at eight o'clock.

Teui Mi_bks fob T-t_-*_-__,—Our Dnnedin corre-pondent telegraphs: " Private advices from Lawrence state that Mr J. C. Brown, member for Tuapeka, is seriously ill, suffering from erysipelas in the head.*** Aj* Impobtant Case.— A case of some importance to publicans was heard before his Honor Mr Justice Denniston, in banco, yesterday. It was an appeal from a conviction in the R. M. Court, Ashburton. A full report will be found in another column.

Thb "Jr-cus. —The circus at the Palace Rink was crowded last night, when the programme was gone through very satisfactorily. The New South Wales cricketers were present. On Saturday next the first Tnatiaee performance will be given.

Mr Eden George, the leading photographer of Christchurch, is now taking beautifully finished cabinets in any position, for 10s per dozen.—{Advt.l C. H. Manning's Studio will be closed on Friday, the half holiday, at 1 p.m.— [Advt.]

A Gra_ Killed bt Lightning.—A thunderstorm visited Geeveston, Tasmania, a few days ago, the wind blowing with hurricane force and doing most damage among the timber. During the storm a fatal accident occurred. Two girls, Annie Bennett and Ethel Harwood, were washing at a rivulet, and took shelter under some trees. The wind immediately afterwards blew down one tree, which fell on the girl Harwood, crushing her to death, whilst the other girl had a hair-breadth escape. A large tree in the vicinity was also struck by lightning and set. on fire. The storm was the worst ever experienced in the district.

Hauxi-o Down the Fbbnch Flag.— The Bight Reverend Roman Catholic Bishop left Fiji last trip of the s.s. Birksgate on a visit to Noumea to confer, says the Levuka Times, with the authorities there regarding the demand of his Excellency the Governor of Fiji, that the Bishop should haul down a French flag hoisted at the Bishop's Court, Suva, as a compliment to a French man-of-war in : harbor at the time. Though the Bishop hauled his flag down, he has not surWhatever the legal aspect of the question may be, we think the Governor s : insisting on the flag being hauledjwiown both impolitic and Unwise, and the protest - against the Captain .of the French man-of-war saluting the Bishop differs little in character from the flag incident. Our Governor, we fear, has displayed trop de zele. Since the Bishop's arrival in Fiji a very ancient and obsolete custom has been revived., ,On several occasions, on his leaving a coast town, the leading people have shown their respect to him by raising the anchor of his boat ready for his departure. Pbesebv.no Bdttbb. — A number of farmers and others interested in dairying [ matter** assembled at the offices of the Fresh" Food and Frozen Storage Company, Melbourne, to witness the opening of a box of fresh butter, tinned and preserved !by Steven's cold vacuum process. Mr F. W, Paton, the agent for the patentee, who is in New Zealand, explained that the consignment of butter had come from that colony. There were some half-dozen tins, containing lib each of butter, which were made up at Feilding, New Zealand,- and preserved by the patentee on the 16th December, The cost of the pump by which the air was withdrawn from the tins was about £15, and the expenditure in preserving about 2. d per lb, which included _d per lb royalty to the patentee. Butter preserved by this process had already been sent to India, where it had been a marked success. Mr D. Martin, the expert appointed by the Agricultural Department to examine the butter, on tasting it pronounced it to be thoroughly preserved, though with a '•cheesy" taste, probably owing to its not b ing sufficiently salted. As a further test, however, he proposed that some butter made by the Fresh Food and Storage Company should be tinned by the process and put away for two months, as, if it could stand this test, it would be a valuable agent in the exportation of butter to England." The suggestion is to be acted on.— Argus.

A Ctrßiotrs CBABrrr.—One of the most curious of ancient charities is that of the Biddendon Maids. These two unfortunate women were born at Biddendon, in Kent, in the year 1800, joined to each other at the hips and shoulders. Their names were Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst, and they lived for thirty-four yeai _. Then one fell ill and died, and the survivor was advised to be separated from her dead sister by dissection, but she refused, saying:—"'As we came together we w_l , ( aiso go together.".. "Within six hours she too was taken ill, and died also. By their will they bequeathed to J;he church wardens of Biddendon a pied of ground which now brings in a rental of 40 guineas. This is expended in the purchase Of 500 quartern loaves, and cheese in proportion, which are distributed among the poor of the parish, aud on Easter Sunday 1000 small rolls, shaped like a gravestone and bearing a bas-relief portrait of the unfortunate maids, are distributed to all who attend divine service.

The Invbntob of the Mowing Machine.—Benjamin T. Babbitt, the inventor of the first mowing machine, died recently at his home in New York. He was born in Westmoreland, N.Y., learned the trade of a blacksmith in Utioa, and began the manufacture of farm machinery at Little Falls. It is claimed that while at the latter place he invented the first mowing machine, and throughout his life he made many improvements in machinery of various kinds. In 1843 he removed to New York and began the manufacture of -aleratus. Producing the same results from soda-ash as had previously been obtained only from pearl-ash, and thereby effecting a great saving of expense in the process, he laid the foundation of the fortune, some -21,000,000, of which he died possessed. About 1858 he began the manufacture of soaps, his entire plant then occupying a two-storey building, 25ft by 100 ft. In late years his factory has covered twenty-five city lobs, and has produced from 20.000,000 to 25,000,000 pounds of soap annually. Mr Babbitt's name was brought prominently before the public about ten years ago, when it was discovered that during his absence in Europe two trusted clerks, Beck with and Lewis, had embezzled over 200,000d01s of his money.