NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 8072, 15 January 1892, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

PaisoNAlM-Mr A; ■<*• ■ New Zealand HsraU, *"&**s£ Ogg church, en roate to the West LW Sounds. • ~ .., ..$ 4fjj LocA-'Wooi,SA£K9.-~The ttor* or *v series of local t,ool f sate| for g* held under the auspices of * c Wool Brokers* Association, will taw P f to-day, in the Hail of tbe^ Chamber , Commerce. The sales will comment* , . 11 a.m. There is a capital entry. _&//.. meteorological returns for D*f the rainfall at the principal ocirtres follows :-Anckland .finstx 0 63in on the 16fcKj Wellington on *- daysTmaximum 0.651 aon the 27^ ; J£ S (Canterbury) on ten days, 1.41i_ on the 27th? ponedm oa eaveaii.

-Atcnrr o» A_w.--The annuaJ ******* j of the Canterbury Society of Arte was b eld yestero_y afternoon, mil be, found reported elsewhere. Mr Richmond ( Jfeetbam was re-elected | jja_no_Tß op L-Boir-.—A meeting under i . 4fce auspices of the KnUfhra of Labour will /**_eld_ttbe Colonists' HaU, Lyttelton, , this evening. The Mayor iri_ preside, aad an address will be deliverad by the organiser. j Quite a large number of | visitors took advantage of the fine waafcher | vesterdsy to visit Sumner. No law than Ji_ oars loaded with passengers left the fauare at 10 a.m. Naw BaioHTOK Sailing Club.—The •smiversary of tins Clnb will be celebrated en Saturday evening next at 8.30 p.n_, : «ben there will be an illuminated pro* session of boats and a display of fireworks , between the New Brighton bridge and Bligh's Gardens. Special trams will be , ran leaving Cathedral square at at 7.15 ot-! A band will be in attendance, and should the weather be propitious no doubt .-erf large master of pleasure seekers vffl avail themselves of a pleasant even-"^c-WKo!-—The owners of the WelB_ffton yacht Thetis have decided to enter _«r for the second class championship, which will increase the number of com--atitors to seven. A Wellington telegram ttTs:—The Mark Foy system adopted by the Eegatta Committee respecting the handicap of yachts does not apply to the championship events, as it is contrary to SeTegmations of the New Zealand Yachttee Association. The entries close on the sight of the 19th Instead of the 20th. Scsd-T School T-Sats.—Most of the Sunday schools in Bangiora held their annual treats on Thursday afternoon. The Church of England school children met in the parsonage grounds, where games were carried on throughout the day. The Wesleyan school went to Mr J. W. Poster's Suldock at Southbrook, while the Presbyrlan scholars marched to the recreation reserve. The little oaes were in each case amply regaled with tea and cake, and Jrery attention was paid them by their teachers. „ _ - - Loss of A aud breeders will regret to hear of the death, through inflammation, of Mr R. Matthews* Clydesdale eatire Prince, which occurred at Doasandel ©a Saturday last. Prince was by Young Banker, and gained more prteeiiu the show ring up to the age of three years than any horse of his class,, lie was a most promising animal, and lodging from his yearling §top k . would lave proved a valuable sire for many jofga to come. At Temuka, where horse JJJownef are well known, much regret ia expressed at. the unfortunate event. Just before the horse's death Mr Matthews ftfmed aa offer of &W tor bina. ■, Tsa IaroBTATiOK osv Fowpj ,-~Mr Bruce, of Opawa, recently received a pair ef black Minorca* from SJ.r Stafford, of! England. The fowls arrived ia good condition, aad iv a short time after | their discharge from the boat were fit for show? purposes. They were sent out threiigh Spratt'g Patent Company, of fceadoa, to whom they were ia the first iastaace forwarded by Mr Stafford, and fthe co»t of shipment from London to here -as less than J® Ifii. Tbe Company re* jarred to undertakes the shipment of Uve f&gk, nrorides cages or boxes where either ere necessary, paying freight and other charges, and sending in their account to (she eoasitfaee- It would seam from the information supplied, that the Patent Company was suooessf ul in respect of Mr Brace's Mi-erees, and that snch an iosti' ration is a. great assistance to those desiring to import live stock. West Eybxton Road Board. — The monthly meeting was held on January nth. Present--Messrs Addmell (Ghairn»an)i Honter, Smith and Sheat. Leave of absence was granted to Air Crysell. A. letter was read from A. Moderate, complaining of gorse growing on Moderate's road, fronting reserve No. 1180. Mr J. Davis applied for leave to oat the cocksfoot grass on the Board's reserves. Granted. The Surveyor was directed to do what was required to the bridge on -tester's road to make it safe for the present .Season. Mr E. Hands paid £6 Ss Od, Mr 'Jut tofrizßall £4> lis and Mr W. Storer £1 "'-»•€«, rent and lease of reserves. The following tender for dog collars was; accepted—W. Anderson, 24ia x Lris, 6«d j j SOin -lin, s£d. ' j Fiauwstt to ths Govmhtob. «— The | »eetlng convened yesterday afternoon by! the.Mayor, to consider the subject of tendering a farewell to his Excellency the on the occasion of his leaving -je colony, *as postponed until Monday ftcst, at 4 p.m. This it may be noted was necessitated by the fact that a meeting of the Canterbury Society of Arts.iuwhieh great interest was felt by many who would otherwise haye been present, was fixed for the same hour. It is to be hoped "tt&fc there will be a large attendance on the occasion of the adjourned meeting. Of,© Ssttlsbs* AssociATtoir.—Tbe ad|ouraed meeting of the above Association will take place to-night at the' City Council Chamber, which has been courteously placed at the disposal of the members by bis Worship the Mayor. At this meeting, the Sab-Coma»ittees which were appointed at the last meeting to draw np a constitu- j fckm, and to arrange for the conversazione, Will report. A reply has been received '(rem the Hon. Sir John H_H to the effect Ifcst he will be happy to give a short address as asked by the Committee. The meeting will be held at eight o'clock, and all those intending to become members are invited to attend, as the first ofltcers will be elected, and a good deal of important business transacted. Strwios Boeouok Co-ncii..—The fortSightly meeting of the Council was beld at the Council's office on Tuesday evening, ™heX2th inst. Present—The Mayor (Mr Hayward). Crs. Carpenter, Hughes, Eitson, Monck, and Tut. Cr. Carpenter apologised for the absence of Cr. Pratt. Correspondence was read from Mr A. J, White, Inspector Pender, and Mr Spear. 'Toe Clerk was instructed to reply. The Treasurer's statement was as follows;— Booeipts, J522 Ss 4d; payments passed last £26 6s Sd; Bank balance, £50 IGs 2d. The following motion, moved by JUr, Kitaon, seconded by Cr. Hughes, was the Works Committee asafce seme enquiries and report before the *isrt meeting for the purpose of finding •erae system by which the nighteail and aawage of the borough should be collected andd_po£3d of," The Engineer's report Was read aad approved, Resolved—-That the tax on dogs, under tha provisions of the Dog Registration Act, for the year AS92, be 10s on each do?. The Clerk was instructed to procure the necessary collars At once. The meeting -tan adjourned. SrxcKßß Fi_jr~__v/.--Mimicr- is the truest ferin of flattery, and yet tbe Edest Gaoaos Company, Limited, iave been iosiuoed by all photographers. Evesi the the style ol their signature is sow copied «J all Christchurch photographers. In _»7,Eden George Company,/ Limited, presented to the City Council a framed group w Its Councillors. Since then several f&otographers have done likewise, and •he public should inspect these groups; hanging side by side, when it will he seen that the one prepared by the JSden George Company, Limited, although having stood tb4 test of five years, is inanitely superior to the others of recent date. "City Council Offices, Chriatchurch I>«*mher 23rd, IS3L—C. H. Manning, «sq., Photographer, Colombo street.—Sir, —I have the ncuour, by direction of the Council, to thank you for your handsome Resent of the artistic group of portraits of the Mayor and Council, and to express Ite high appreciation of the same as a work of art, and the state of proficiency *hat the photographic art baa attained, as *St_~ne*d by tuis work from your studio. have the honour to be. Sir, your ghedUjofc servant, F. T. EL-i-isa, Town Sbrk. Srasniaa: j_s© P_bscs*s ©aesos are @sraet«riee4 by their trat-fulness and t-fglaaUfcy. Stedie, 218 High street. ' The best medielne in existence is CO—B- •*-*« -nd Soh's Eacalypte Extract for aulds, esughs, consumption, bronchitis, I fSPSveI aad kidney complaints, liver com* \S|jlaints aad fevers of all kinds. So that w«a are not imposed upon by wood **m* »that each bottle bears the Tree of Life Ifna our signature, Colemane and Sons, vootamundra, N.S. Wales, without this *t is a fraud. B'or gout, rfieumatism, try our special Eucalypte OU, Zos bottle Is Sd. Awarded medals and dip. gmas, Sydney. Adelaide and Melbourne bsatlng afl eompetltors; Sold every wher© # Teas are direct from growerato foaaamers, aad conseauently beat values «»«*heßab_<s.

M_nmi»o# T-Q-riHa May.—At a masting held last night at the Empire Hotel an Association of owners; aijd.trauwrsor: ; trotting horses was formed and a Provisional Commitlee appointed to draft rules. A report appears elsewhere. Piosic—A-ieeting of hftirdressers and tobacconists was held at the White Hart Hotel last evening, when it was resolved. to hold a picnic on the 16th of Fj|f| rnaxy, the next meeting to be on Thursday, the 21st inst,, at the * Wblpjf Hart Hotel, at 9 p.m. - '■', Thb V^i,untss_3.—A daylight parade of the Head Quarters Corps of Volunteers will take place at the Dnilshed to-night, at half-past seven o'clock. Ctcmwo.—A number of cyclists hays commenced to train at Lancaster Park in view of the approaching Championship meeting. This year the championships will consist °t four for the. ordinary bicycle aad an equal number open to riders of the pneumatic-tyred safety machine. Contrary to expectation, the majority ot those now training are riding the older type of bioycle, and though they are not regarded as equalling in speed the pneumatic, the racing wHI be more ioteresting from a public standpoint. Fayrc G-aowaas' AssociATiOH---At the usual monthly meeting of the Canterbury Pjruit Growers' Association, to be held to-night at the rooms of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, Mr Walker, representing Messrs Edward Jacobs and Son of Covent Garden, will address the members on tbe question of the export of fruit. As this is a very important matter no doubt there will be a large attendance. latMroßiTioN Awn B-iqeation.—The immigration and emigration returns for December show the arrivals to have been 2022 persons, and departures 949, leaving a baXanae in favour of the colony of 1088. The arrivals ware--Prom the United Kingdom 289. New South Wales 1013, Victoria 431, Tasmania 104, other places 86} total 2022. The departures were—To the United Kingdom 63, New South Wales 408, Victoria 254>, Tasmania 88, other places 51; total 049. Chinese arrivals are given as nil, and departures 38.

Poj-o. — The following will play for Colors on Saturday:—Messrs R. H. Rhodes (captain), Lane, Dunsandel and Palmer, against A. E. G. Abodes (captain), Hon. B. W. } Parker, Archer, Bennetts aud" Starkey. The game will commence at SJ3O. BiFtß Shootiho.—The following 'will represent the Christ's College Rifles ia their return match with tbe Permanent Artillery at Lyttelton on Saturday next—l.2S train from Chrisfcchureh :.— Captain Harper, Colour-Sergeaut Smith, Corporal Colelough, Corporal Leversedge| LanceCorporals Milftoa and Stow, Bugler Crosty, Privates Evans, Pullen and Ward; emergencies, Private Hoare and Bugler Gibson.

A if aw Vabiriv-. Paoesaß,--A very suaoessful trial of the new ammonia fseMUjg process, the machinery for which has beau erected in the cool chamber recently constructed by the Lyttelton Harbour, took place yesterday in Lyttelton. There were a number of gentle Tien present who were inter—ited in the matter. Mr W. H, Cooper, the expert who had beeu requested to attend on the occasion, states that the sheep after the process look exactly as if they had just, been brought in fresh from the slaughterhouse. There ia no moisture at all upon the sheep, and a piece- out from the thickest part of the carcase was frosea hard.

Rhodbb CojtV-lbbcbnt Hoxn?i — The usual monthly meeting; of Committee was held at office of the Home, Cathedral square, on Wednesday, the 13th inst. Present —Messrs T. Acland (in the chair), W, R. Mitchell, W; G: Rhind and P.' StrOnte |(Hoo- Sec.). Apologies for 'hdhatteodajnce were received from Mr P. Cunningham and Messrs Rhodes, The Secretary's report was reas r . which showed that during the past mouth 23' patients bad been received and 23 had left the gome, and that there wero 10 remaining. It was decided to hold tbe annual meeting of contributors on tho 13th proximo, and the Secretary was instructed to prepare tbe balauw sheet for audit'and aahuat draft report* ie. The fallowing dciuat;png reported, and votes of thanks passed to the several donors :—Mr T. Cass,, fourteen volumes books • Mrs Rhodes, Elmwood} vegetables ;] Miss Buodesj five".framed engravings;" Miss E. Rhodes, cost 61. bind; ing th—"tyjuine volumes, of books; Miss Pairhurst,, periodicals; Mr W. M. Lewis, English papers? H. ''] J. Ainger,.JUwstraudNews. The usual routine buaip.ess was gone through, mpathly. accounts passed for payment, and the. meeting separated. ~ ,'. : \

St, Stbphss's, Assstrs~ow^—The annual garden party ia connection with St. Stephen's Ohurob, Ashburton, took place in the parsonage grounds on and, as in previous years, was a groat success; the Rev. E. A. Scott aad Mrs Soott, together with a large parry of willing assistante, were hard at work on Tuesday and early on Wednesday, and when the visitors began to arrive in the afternoon the parsonage grounds presented a very pretty appearance. Stalls for the sale of plain and fancy work, fruit, -c., we're erected tmderneath the well, grown trees fringing the lawn, while in a sheltered nook close by was a large marquee m which tea was eerved. A raerry-go-ronnd was provided by Mr P. Femman for the children, a« were also swings, 4e. There was a large attendance during the afternoon and evening, various games were indulged in, and all present appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves.' One of the chief attractions for the juveniles (and it was also enjoyed by the adults) was a gehuipe Punch and Judy show. Mr Windsor, of Itekeby, Eakaia, kindly attending and acting As showman. The Ashburton Brass Band was present, and enlivened the proceedings by playing, a choice seieo tion of music. The tea tent, the varipus stalls, the shooting gallery and other attractions were liberally patronised, and the garden party, besides affording a most pleasant outing, will result in a substantial spm.towards the church funds; Mr and Mrs Scott worked with untiring zeal to make their numerous guests happy, and valuable assistance was also rendered by Mesdames Fooks, John Curtis, Bland, A. Curtis, Trevor, Bullock,- Quane, Percy Cox, Miss Trans tan, Miss Hardy, Miss Violet Parnell, Messrs T. and J. Hunt, W. W. Smith, P. Saville, W. G. Reos, D. Thomas, 12. Buchanan, J. Curtis, Littleoott aad a number of others.

Thb Fotu-b of thb Patpoahs.—ln his latest report Sir Wm. MacGregor, the Administrator of British New' Guinea, says the Sydney Morning Herald, "deplores the absence of leading men amongst the Papaahs: man capable of exerting authority so as to win the, respect and consideration of the others. The tribes have lived apart until the multitude a different dialects, the division and enmity, have made the Papuan one of the most shy and suspicions of mankind. All this* feeling ol jealousy and insecurity baa to be slowly eradicated, and it ia inevitable that every no~ and again some accidental and unavoidable friction throws the work back. Sometimes this is due to the proceedings of Botopeaa. traders, at others: to the incursions of taibes from inland who have not yet cyme under the new influence, Naturally, when it happens, the Papuan drops back into ids old habits and resents his grievance in the old-fas-ion«d way— with-aesfzoag arm. But on the whole chey would appear to be a teachable race, and. considering the character for ferocity they have earned since the days of Alrar de Saavedra, wonderfully easily weaned from their savage customs. The Administrator is, however, of theopinion that, left to ha nself. the Papuan would never have reached the same stage of oiviUsatioa as the Polynesian. There is an absence of social organisation amongst them, even to the extent of uniting against & common enemy; for the village vendettas, carried on with varying fortune, make aUuraoee impossible. It is evident from the tone of Sir William's report that bis main idea is to create * feeling of mutual trust, which would allow the ; bright, dooiie side of the Papuan character I to oome freely to the iron-'*

Christmas Holidays — Jennis, cricket players, and other holiday-seekers should only dyink -- * Arab " and ** -hah "brand of -feaa,-a«_d _s4d perlb; refrwahing, In-vigorati—g.«-*««ono-licai, Ss a~d wad paxlb,-HA9T&}

» Stmur_ui Mosbt jG-üb.<—__* _annalmeeting of the above will be held in the .Wesleyan Schoclrcotoi Colombo road, on ?the 22nd inst/.M % p.m., to receive the report and ba]anne»sheet» elect officers, &c. < Mousian BtFi.ss.--The annual general of the above corps will be held at" the orderly room, to-night, after parade. f.' A-rox_-ov—The Waimakarin waa in ficst-|et-ss fishing order on Wednesday. Messrs IVood and Penteney sach caught one fish which weighed SJibs and Tibs respectively. Several anglers went np to-day to try their ; 1 —sk. The Avon is also in good trim, one gentleman this week capturing 15&lbfl weight of small fish. Mr R. Bees caught three fine perch, weighing 2|lbs, near the Canterbury Boats—ede. The fish »ere on 'view at Mr Alpe's shop. Houns xv HAjsx."->-Mr Eobart Kanoedy, who gives the first of —is entertainments at the Oddfellows* Hall on Monday next, arrived from the Sooth last night by the express. Mr Kennedy, who is a worthy successor to his clever father, has been giving song entertainments in Dtmedin with great success. No doubt Scotchmen here will give him a hearty j welcome on his opening night. P_op*rtt Salh.-—To-morrow, at one o*elock, Messrs & Bowman and Son will sell by auction, nnder instructions from the trustees of the estate of the late Mrs Tombs, a villa residence of five rooms and ' outbuildings, situate in Gloaoester street west. The close proximity of the property to the city, park and pnblie buildings makes it doubly valuable, and on this' account alone it will, no doubt, attract the attention of investors and speculators. The property is freehold and is for absolute sale, to enable the trustees to ekvse accounts. The sale will take place at the rooms of the auctioneers.

CiaciTiiAß. — Attention is directed to Lonargan, McClea WiV.i-T 00/s circular encloaed In this issitc. In conseqaenee of the dissolution of partnership it has been. found necessary to hold a clearing sale of all drapery, clothing and boots at Waterloo House,

Is a Domestic SiavANT Bound to C_»_n Wimdows? —An important question was raised -by a dooeacig servant, who applied to Mr Walter Beynold* on Saverober 21st. at the Higbgate Poiiee Court, for advice. She.stated she was ia tbe, service of a lady in Hornsey lane, and waa ordered to clean some windows, to do which it would he necessary for her to stand on the window-ledge and thus endanger her life; and she therefore daolmed to do so, and was dismissed. She wanted to know whether she was not entitled to be paid in !»** of notice. Mr Reynolds, without venturing aa opinion as to whether the command was a lawful one which a domestic was bound to obey, informed her that whatever claim she had It must be enforced by civil process in the Couuty Court. >■'■>'■■'