NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7755, 8 January 1891, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Wiatocb FoaioAOT. — Captain B. A. Edwin, of Wellington, telegraphed to the Harbor Master at Lyttelton at 12.15 p.m., as follows: — " North to West and Southwest gale after twelve hours from now, With rain} glass will fall again within that time i wind backing." Hahkbr Plains,—Quito an influx of visitors has set in to the Hanmer Plains sanatorium and. mineral hot eprnga, and it is evident that these springs Deeome better known each season. Reduction in th» Paipa of SfreAß.-*-The Colonial Sugar Befining Company advertise a reduotion of 10s per ton for Nos. 1, 2, and 3 sugars. Chukoh Pabasb.—A Church parade takes place at the Hororata Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning next. GoBSB Fibs.—A gorse fence near Mr F. Tabarfs, Opawa, was on fire on Tuesday night about half-past 11. An alarm was given by the syren at the Bail way Station, and the Eailway Brigade hand-engine was sent down. The fire,was put out before it had time to do any serious damage, &au?oi LicassiHo, CouursTßß. — A meeting of the Kaiapoi Licensing Commit tee was held at 1 p.m. yesterday. Prement-r? Messrs B. Coup, W. Weatoa and E. Feldwick. The report of the police was considered, and the Committee inspected the furnishinsr of JEtanaipta hotel, which has been enlarged and unproved m every way.

' Tot wiwor , ing popularity of.lawn tenofo Jw ' . oonseguent irapdftfthee of the 512 »**• ' land .Lawn Tenme Association's! - tournaments have made it dentaliW* ' a complete account of these §t *®W I beginning in 1886 shouldbe £3 *• ' and snoh an account is, thereW % I liehed in thia issue of the f We may add that it is isaued I approval of the K.Z.8.T.A., ■wW u> h : < it to stand- as their ofifcill J?* H With it wUI be found aTistL ?* ;? Tennia Career of the Champion W l on the Championship Final, b/<<v ■* : Out," and a full and corrected deiffi l, ' of the latest tournament, which *WT* niahea the subject of the Table <iv^ Cricket is equally well looted 2ft i "O.U.T.V comments on l£fc Jftf. ' matches and anticipations of nextSaf* , '? day being aupported by excellent d«W* 1 tive accounts of the Midland IW* I of the match in Wellington iS'*** # the two Midland Ciaba. Toe eL? 1 * t ia a very full department thie »«S? ? the letters from N»pier, AuekW § Tafanaki, Wellington, * aa(l A J C *H g being remarkably rich in interesting nIS? ** In addition, there is Mr White's W* " % history of Cremorne, articles on «,* I advantages of joekeyship, and on tbW ? valence of betting in England, and luu 4 "Spectator's" notes on the Syhfe jS t Sale. In the Yeoman there are detail § the work to be-done by the experteDif '■* Home with shipments of dairy produce * warning of some importance totowacL* "* auiuere of milk under the heading « wr* i a Look at the Dairy," and an article eo2 f > " The Par South," which gives a good IS f of the agricultural puaition in porta!!! 1 Southland. The correspondence in|3 i Ladies' Magazine is wore than xutui&i 4 interesting,and in these pagea wiuTS* ]i be found an account of a wedding ah p«!f M Bide.. Mr G. E. Mannering'e JSJ $ narrative of his canoe trip dowa & v' Waitaki, and Mr A. P. Harper's coattJba § tion on bia recent Alpine experiences sfii # please all classes of readers as interssS.' achievements of our young New Zβ* li landers. ;.' • r < ( 8 Vital Statistics.—The vital Btat«tW f for the Malveru district during {& -1 December quarter are—Births 17, cfeifg , |f 3, marriages 4. H Govk&nubnt Pabadbs.—Ou our eij&ji - £ page will be found a list of paradeLb i be held by the different Kifla Volant*! | t ompaniea of North Canterbury fo* tfo I present year. • ,1 Carriage op Wool by £om.i_Q, -^ Tuesday afternoon Mr MTcLaren's tracto* i engine left Mr Huthevford's 1 station with a load of sixty b&Ws of wcS I on two trucks, and roaohad Cutxatoittrcii at 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning , . y | A Celebrated Missionary ExPtOßse,., M Amongst the passengers by the Richiaoai -1 which arrived at Auckland from tW ll Islands yesterday, was the Eer. J if Chalmers, the well known New Quio a I Missionary. ' % Bain in thb Malvsbn Distwct.-, 1 Bain from the south-wost commenced fa * fall over the Malvern district early yeste*. 1 day morning, and continued for teveni f hours. Aeekst of an Alleged Poachsb.— s|| -ii man John Barnes, who with his sH; f named Newman managed to elude the .police some .time ago, was arrested4■ I Palmereton North. It appears he bad fin) I gone to Kaikoura, thence to Wellington, f and subsequently to the district is. vWsk $ he was traced by the police. I OaANGßia&;—The monthly taeetiiw 4 4 Walker'e Purple Heroes, No. 24, L,0,1, .* will be held to-morrow evening, wliea Bra | J. Boyee, P.M., will read a papas ob " I J Tour Through Australia," and; the. dels ? gates to the late Grand Lodge moathifet 1 Timaru will present their report 4 r Athlbtio Cham?ionßHl3P ' l MstTise,Elder, of Masterton, who was fleeted ts < represent the Wellington Amateur Atilefca it Club in tne long distance running eyenb Jf and nutting the weight at the Cfcampioa % meeting next month, is unable to g?} -*" away, owing to a fire which occurredk fe l his premises lately. - |.) ■jOhxmu—-A Wellington Press AsaoaiMia telegram says:- The next Chess Congqg will be held at Auckland if possible, otW f£ wise in Christchurch. Mr F. K. jp of. Wellington, has been appointed Oeaeai || Secretary of the New Zealand OW^fu Association. i " 'c% Catholic Litbeaet Society. — % fff "weekly meetings* in connection - % Society were re-opened, after the holidm f^ ou Tuesday evening, Mr J. W. Kenn«|f ( '■;, Vice-President, occupied the chair. Me«N '; ■' J. Meagher and Adams were elected am || bera. During the evening imprompfca 4e> -h bates were entered into on various £i ing subjects. A Committee was appoittd - ■■'■{ to arrange a programme for a social, to h ~l held next Tuesday evening. f Wblii Eabnkd. —At the last maotjßgd g the Kaiaipoi borough Couacilj it was »• I solved that the Minister of Justice 6* ■ § informed that MrOarl Hansen bad hm k elected Mayor during three DCOiamM years, and asking the Minister to me* ' Z mend, hie Excellency the Governor, if & I saw no objeotion, to place Mr Ifaspi % name on the Commission of the ViM :« Flattering reference was made in pasmi the motion, which was unanimously paw -f to the ex-Mayor's impartial dischem , ~ of Mb duties as a civio officer aad 5 Msg» " \: trate during hie Mayoralty. -% Turn Fikh Nbab Ahnat. a«s* from the scene of the flee beyond AimkJ f is ta tho effeot th&t Mr Butledgu loft : chains of wire and stake fencing, and * .'-,. Thos. Archer fifty-five chains of m t^ and gorse fence, the deatruotiou s '~; the latter rendering the padcbsi J^ unsafe for stock until repairs • m effected. It was only the united aw .-/ oonstant; efforts of neighbors tot ove?«s hour that sa,ved Mr Archer's Uβ destruction, as the grass in froafi &Tt» , } - building caught fire and had go bo beites ' -'? out with wet bags. \ 4 PoptxiAp Spoexe. A«Jf JTnion.— Of ta '1 larger prizes in the above seven Wj already been claimed. The first, a gf&3* - piano,Vikh MiUier 4n*Thooipi()tt'3 pste^ tuning attachment, goes to Mrs Da* j; Leithfield; the American organ, «» -s hand-painted pipea, to Mr S. Bwdlffl American organ, carved to W* ; Stevehseni Peterborough etreeti dia^« framed Bovt?? bicycle goes, it is . stood, to a man at Oamaru; 100 tsbl^a 1 ' laid with New Zealand woods, Mr A. l& \ ninga, Governor's Bay} antique | clook, Mr P. Witbrock; oil paintinfr. » V Gill, Forth Belt, and sewing ■; eiedhiH. > TTbm Export 6v FbUit. — A ;, efEort'is beingmp.deto introduce Cmw ?? bury'fruit into.the I*ndon market,«»* ;,f the scheme for doing so was espldmi P| -Mr Wilding last night et a eeeßaf • r ; the fruit growers. Arrangemeats w space h*v© to be made with the tb»OT companies inithe course of a fotttngj and under these oircumstanooa it visable that growers should '* with Mr Gordon, the Secretary a ; «* Association, if tibey intand to ship ««-■* on their own aooQunt or %kTon& *" syndicate. The. syndicate, it -»» c * plained, ia prepared to buy the Jij** the trees, having it picked, ■■&&**»%; ■ent away, or 1% would advance » ««JS able aumon fioneignmeutf, or w* ec-operate witu growers who accept the latstee Xta>m ditions may be seen at Mr j^ in Sigh street. ..._■■ f r<. fe -•' Local Owion in ttia NbW BW*j f A Commenting editorially on th*««*y '/> the elections, the Temperance. JI«««* % will be seen that of wwjfj members, whose opinions are Jnaovirtt pwhose word is given, twenty-tbr^,P pledged to local option; of •* ? wouW make some aorfe of proviinoat* p compensation; while twelve others * & have not definitely deolared daring the recent election l»elieved to be in favor of the ■*' i jH *% poUcy. They have either that policy in previous Parliamea* 3 ? * j;^ , well-known Temperance men, or («» - '?.;. the case, of Mr Carnoroae, of the >«<g have dechired in favor of remitting *g «.j whole question of the liquor traißu gs will of the people, as declared ballot box. Then we doubt not others, of whose opinions oh thin "O* Sueation we are not informed, - ? lie question cornea to a vote is tfce » J «r' will not hesitate to entrust thee® vobsd them to eeats in the Sj f a Beprcsentatives with the power to k by vote at the ballofc-box whether «r*J ?f v Iftey „*$ have Jiquor-ahop% .*o reaoective districta "

tflsoino.T-Tae monthly meeting of the Lodge takes place, this Mima.—The Wellington ht Minut> which competed at Lyttelton reached Wellington about five vSck yesterday afternoon. ° Yktsba* Cbicketebs. —Members of the <*mb will practise on the Exhibition Einnnd on Saturday next at 2 p.m. *O A Wool Salb. —Special attention V _„ to the wool sale which is to be i* ?A Tt Oamaru on the 14th Last, at 10 be The sale i* by the New Zealand t" mi aid Mercantile Agency Company, ho bkre about 1500 bales cataloged I MCSTO* AND DOTLBSTOW SCHOOi DISOn Monday. 19th January, public 581 Hnirs are to be held to elect School r Sees for the above diatriota. Public h Id on the same date at Bur wood and e 'Jp g o»° n 'tlopi:.— The Blue Bibbon rtnsnel Temperance Mission Band of Hope vpUtheir weekly meeting on Wednesday wening. &* Edmonds presided. Bead in^recifcation 8 * and nn&nx made U P a IZiant evening. A prize is to be given pert Wednesday evening for an essay on Jackson Babbt. — The first lecture by thia gentleman is to be given It the Theatre Eoyal this evening. Hie T*irdabip tae Bishop of Cbristcburch has Momiaed his patronage, and his Worship the Mayor will occupy "the chair. The Captain Jβ one of the pioneers of the Australian colonies, having arrived in β-dney in 1829, a boy of ten years of age. Be was at the first settling of Melbourne, Mid in 1837 he lived with the Maoris in the North Island. ChbiWs CoLLBae Eut.es. —The annual for the Captain's Cup in connection with the above corps will take Dlace at the new range on Saturday next, the lQth met. A conveyance will leave the Cathedral Square at 1.15 p.m. sharp, and the officers are desirous of seeing a eoodly muster of men. In conjunction «ith this an open handicap spoon match will take place, and liberal handicaps have been allotted by the Firing Committee, the first four highest aggregate taking a prize,, cup, the winner of the Captain's Cup being precluded from winning a prize. A Naval Visitob. —A Wellington telegram states that Capt. Moore, X N., who represented the Admiralty in the Conference with the Commandants of the colonial forces ac to the "defence of King George's Sound and Thursday Island, arrived yesterday fee** Sydney ex Hauroto. He intends* to spend the next two or three months touring in New Zealand, and this guorning inspected the Wellington defence •works, and expressed admiration for the manner in which the guns are mounted. He leaves for Lyttelton on Monday en rode for the southern lakes and mountains, i ..-.•'- - Narhow Escape raoM Dbowning.—On Monday afternoon a little girl had a narrow escape from drowning near the Montreal street bridge. She was swinging on a willow branch, and fell into the water. Mr H. J. Hall, oi Biccarton, was driving past, at the time, and his attention was attracted by the screams of children. He at once divested himself of his coat, and succeeded in rescuing the child, who, owing to Mr Hall'a prompt action, suffered; nothing worse than a fright and a wetting. The water at the root is pretty deep, and had nob assistance been at hand it is probable the child would have been drowned. Thb Bank op New Zealand's " Whits JjtfflPKAMTS."—Our Auckland correspondent telegraphs as follows:—The following is from the "Herald to-day: "The Stud Company was oue of the Bank of New Zealand's " white elephants," according to Mr Buckley. Bat it has realised more than the whole amount of the indebtedness, and more than the amount at which it was estimated as likely to puduce by Mr Eean. This is the first of " white elephants" to be realised, and if the others turnout anything like as well (and men who can judge are confident that they will do so), the Bank of New Zealand will be greatly benefited. We understand that Major George always contended that the Stud Company was worth, i'2o,'ooo. His opinion has been fully justified* The Phonograph.—-A Timaru correspondent telegraphed last night as follows: —Edison's marvellous phonograph, or " talking machine," was exhibited here to-night for the last time at the Theatre Eoyal. The building was crowded to the doon, many being unable to obtain admission. % The songs by Mr J. L. Toole and other well known artiste, and Mr Gladstone's message to Lord Carrington were vociferously .received. Professor Archibald, accompanied by Mr Macmahon and stalf, leaves here to-morrow for Uhristchurch, where the phonograph will be exhibited on Monday nexc at the Oddfellows'; Hall. Fire at Stdznhah.—About a quarter past 12 s yesterday a fire broke out in the flock, mill of Mr Maddern, Shakespeare street, Sydenham, and the building and contents were completely destroyed. The fire was caused by a spark. Mr Maddern saw it as soon as it commenced, and tried to beat it out. The fiamea, however, spread with such rapidity that Mr Maddern was obliged to seek safety, after getting his hands badly burned. The alarm waa given by the eyren, and Mr Superintendent Turton telephoned to the Lie ti field street station, and the chemical engine woe at the scene of the fire six minutes after the order was given. The fire having spread so" rapidly there was no time to save any of the contents, and nothing could be done by the Brigade on then* arrival to prevent . their . total destruction. The building was of galvanised iron. The machinery waa insured in the Commercial Union office for jftLOO, but the building and stock (of which about i>so was burned) were uninsured. Committed to thb Asylum.—John T&it, who has been menacing persona with threats at SpringVank and Cuet, was on Tuesday night arrijsted at Bennetts Junction. Hβ had attempted to strike one person with a stick and throw a pitchfork. He was brought up at the Bangiora Resident Magistrate's Court yes* terday morning, and was on a medical certificate -committed to Sunnyside Asylum. E&kx GsoRQK Gensamy, Limited, Ike leaaUg photographers «f ChrieUqherch, fcrve now reduced their prices. Cabinet*, 10* per do*; enamelling, os per doi extra; Any style or position. Wβ are the only photographer* who make ao extra charges to visitors from the country. Se* advertisement on another p*g«.-iA»VT.] Staadish and Preece'a Photographic Work* is the uiOKt reliable and Artistic Mtetia, 2lß High btreet.-[ADvr.)