NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume L, Issue 8480, 11 May 1893, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Football.—The full correspondence be> tween the Otago Rugby Union and the English and N.B. W. Uuiuua, aneut Uie lately-established New Zealand Rugby Union, appears in the current number at the Weekly Press and lieferee.

KaIAI'OI WoOLLKN COMI'ANY. — At ft meeting of the Directors of the Kaiapoi Woollen Company held yesterday, th» tender of Messrs J. Anderson and Soty Canterbury Foundry, for the two n«* boilors at the Factory at Kuiapoi was uo cepted. f WaIMAKARIRI-AshLKY WATER BtJPPLT Board.—Messrs R. J. Dickiatou and Mar* madiike Dixoo have been nominated v candidates tor the Oust riding of this Waimakariri-Ashley Water Supply Board, for the vacancy caused by the lamented decease of Mr E. Chapman. Waikari. —Mr D. O'Connor, railway guard, was presented with a marble clock on his leaving for Methvou on Tuesday. Mr Tonkin, when making the presentation on behalf of the residents, expressed that the district was losing such an obUgnw? officer, and wished him every success iv bit new home.

Anglo-Colonial Notes.—The following items are from the London letter of tht Dunedin Star:—- Lord Onelow's Meat Dill pleased no one, and has been withdrawn. His Lordship and Lady Onelow left for Cannes yesterday, where they will remain till after Easter. —Amongst receut victims to the influenza may be mentioned Mr H. B. M. Watson, who, however, in now better, and about to leave town for a week at tU» seaside.

Hospital Board Allocation.—At the last mooting of tbe Kaiapoi Borough Coua« oil a letter was read from tho Hospital Board, stating that £28 had neon alloeat*! to Kaiapoi. One of the Councillors ex* pressed a hope there was no mintako about it, and that instead of the borough fuiuta being required to allocate £28 to the Hospital, the tide had turned, when that institution was able to repay some of the sums which it had in the past collected from the local bodies.

, Eat 3 anp Salmon Ova.—The ealmou ofn placed in the North Otago Acclimatisation Society's hatcheries are now all hatched out —at least all that were good—and the young fish are thriving. The other night (says the North Otago Times) (several rats, got into the hatching house, and by sticking their heads into the shallow traye managea to destroy several hundreds, Such a thing had never been heard of before by member* of the Society, and no preparations haa been made to meot an incursion of rats on the fish. However, aa soon as the depredations of the rats were noticed the fi»h were securely protected agaisnt further attacks

CotJRTKNAY A. AND P. ASSOCIATION. —A meeting of this Association wuo held on Friday evening, at the. Ktrwoe. Hotel; Mr James Gough (Vice-Presidont) in the chair. The Committee reported that the total re» ceipts of the show were £343, the total expenditure £314, leaving a credit balance of £29. Mr James Gough was elected President; Messrs T. H. Aneon. H. A Kuight, G. Seaton, J. Dysarb and J, Barrett, VicePresidents. Mr Gongh'e motion that the show be open to all comers was c*rriid< with the exception of fat stook. Four new members were elected. The Secretary was instructed to forward a resolution of sympathy with Mrs Ballance in her euddea bereavement, and the meeting closed. Hohsk Sales.—At Temuka on Tuesday t. number of valuable Clydesdales, bred by Mr Robert Davie, woro submitted to auction by Mr J. Mundell on behalf of the South Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association. There was a large attendance. - fftere was spirited competition for the young stock, and the majority of the working hones sold well. After the draught stock was disposed of the trotting stallion Titam, three years old, by Berlin, datn Fanny Allon, was offered and knocked down to Mr H. Scott for £66. There was competition for Honduras, his two-year-old brothel bat he was withdrawn at £40. Mr Scotfc the following day sold to Mr Robert JMgewortn, the owner of the Clydesdale Nobleman, the well known hunting sire Hunninston, by Talisman, dam Nancy, bred by Mr Tkttkesf, of Winchester.

Orahgbism No. 3, Canterbury True Bluee, held its monthly meeting in «»• Orange Hull, Worcester street, on WMMMt Bro.Ajoor, W.M., presiding, aupporw*>y the varioue officer*. On the dan wer f Bros. MuCall, Johansen, McKelvey'mJ numerous visiting brethren. Bro. McUft" intimated that he had obtained thenames of a large number of youths wishing to form a juvenile Orange Lodge, and it *« «*"»» that the Apprentice Lodge be started *o once, Bros. Tribe and MeCftU. btrUJg ftppointed guardians, and a preliminary meeting was arranged for. One candid*** ww initiated, another Brother was affilifrted. white t a Brother obtained hie clcarano* w> No. 33, Star of Richmond. Correspondence was received and accepted front No. 6, »t. Albans Lodge, inviting the brethren to Hβ nert meeting, when R.A.P. business wouitt be transacted. Nelson Lodge wrote, thanKing the brethren for donation sent to Nelson Protestant Orphanage. Circulars were received from Grand Secretary re Y ut * r Defence Fund. The Lodge was then eloted. The Bishop op CmtwrcuvKon. — _The London correspondent of the Otapo Datly Time*, writing under date March Z4tn, saya;—"The conferring of tue hWM* degree of doctor of divinity upon the Rβ*. Churchill Julius, Biehop of Ofaristchurcty New Zealand, by Oxford University, toofc place yesterday at a special convocation held for the purpose. The Provost of Queen's presided, and there w*e a cwwdeu attendance of dons and undergraduates anxions to see Professor Virchow, whom the 'Varsity created a doctor of civil law at the same time. Though the star of the colonial Bishop was naturally somewhat dimmed &y the luminosity of the coloesal ecientwfi magnate, lie met with v very hearty reception. The Reglue professor of divinity then made the cl&ium o! Dr. Julius to honour *& their hands clear to the large audience, an» there was more applause, in whsch Dr. Virchow, who speaks Euglieh perfectly, cordially joined."

Liny Commercial Tβa vkli.ek. — f &z . Jujube found an interesting in•■£l with Mrs vSawkina, the lady contraveller, who is at present on a Liberator Case.—A full report of clays of this lengthy and in- &* ■ * raciug Court case, together with ueatj is published in to-day's &s!%>** art Referee. *~s Road Board.— Mr Charles Burgess KU re-elected Chairman of the Avon I"'* 5 f«nard for the eusoing year. F fV 1£ at Kaiapoi.— To-aight Mr W. • rdlins will deliver the second of his of Thursday night science lectures at cOflT^', fellows' Hall, Kaiapoi, when the tfc vt dealt Mith will be "The Conflict Ett • n Science aud Religion." A number prepared views will be shown <••* ! £~nsoi tlie oxy-ether light lantern. Lini> System.—Mr A. A. • -'contiuued his course of lectures at , Chambers last r.ight on the r v Lin<l system- were given by je»7 *j jj Xorth sind Scrimshaw, and North presided at the piano. There iante attendance. ! *t« Martins.— At the meeting of the ' A-dßmatL-ation Society yesterday, it was to communicate with Mr Murphy martins seen at New Brighton, tf i !f they were identined as Australian Sir the Secretary was requested to to the Government asking tha| beY" in the lilt of protected

Vfi« LYCECH.-There was only a moderate /attendance at the Lyceum last when fivW. Collins delivered an illustrated Sure ou "The Wonders of the Laving Worh?" A number of beaatiful views S dtrram. illustrative of the subject was Twahy Mr A. H. P. Noble by meuus of J, oxv-ether light lautem. Theateical. — The Kennedy Company to another good house at the AshgU OddfelloW Hall on _ Tuesday evening, ti e F ece Produced being The etatiew* 311 -'' X went wlth S veait B P irit and the principals were several iL&, celled before the curtain. CojisiKCiAL Travellers' Ball. — The /T-nmijuee of t-iie above met last evening, to be held at Hobbs' Building toI ggjrrow night, which promises to be a great I cjcusc—The monthly meeting of the I gur Wheel Club was held on Tuesday 1 prtoing at the Star Cycle Works, when was a good attendance. The affairs of the Clab were reported to be in good proness. Mr R. Maddren was chosen to fill \ (hevicaucy on the Committee. One new i member was elected, and, after some busi- | D es3 of a routine nature was gone through, i the mretiug closed. I Qcees's Cadets.—An inspection parade I efikiscorpe was held last evening, Lieut.- ---: Caknel Gordon being inspecting officer. i ffee cadets mustered forty (all ranks) out of itoudon the roll of forty-five, under the asuaiand of Capt Jones. The Colonel aid tbe boys had greatly improved since he let inspected them, and, having new arms tad bayonets issued to them, ought to give them a* greater impetus for improvement. Bse corps has entered a team for physical drill at the forthcoming military tournaBseat, taking place on the Queen's Birthday. PoprtAE Concerts. —The programme of fte popular concert to-night, at the Tuam itreet Hill, is a very attractive one. Songs will be given by Misses E. Rowley, F. Martin, .Marguerite Johnson, and Messrs F, VVoodhouse, Walter Roberts, C. Edgar *na H. Weir. The Truda Brothers will play from 7.30 to 8.15, and in the programme Mr S. Truda will play a flute solo •ad &r G. R. Truda a harp solo. Miss Virtha piays a piano solo, and Mr Dave Gardner will give a humorous sketch. Prison Gate Mission.—The usual meetfeg was held yesterday afternoon in the the rooms of the Women's Christian Temperiiice Union. In. the absence of the President {Rev. J. 08. Hoare), who Sitended later on, the Rev. J. Orchard was «Bed to the chair. Mesdames Venables, Saise and Foley, Mr W. Smith and Mr J. W. Heath comprised the Committee present. After consideration of the Secretary's report of wort done during the past month, •Sβ also dealing with matters of finance, a hmgthy discussion ensued in reference to tfee difficulties realised in dealing with the •oefinned inebriates and boy lirst time •Senders, matters requiting prompt and figorous attention.

The Cibcts.—There -was again a very krge attendance at the circus yesterday ifteruoou and evening. At seven o'clock (here was a rush ab the ticket boxes by tfcose who were desirous of viewing the eenagerie before the performance yroper tinted. Judging by the applause that loltowed the various items on the programme, tkoM who were present heartily enjoyedtbem. Toe hurricane hurdle act by Air Qurles ErilUamo was a clever piece of iuebaeked horsemanship. Tiie clowns, Holt and Agoust, were as amusiug as ever, Bt& elicited roars of laughter by their ecasntricities. Miss Miuuie's protean act as '-England, Scotland and Ireland' , was nicely performed, her changes of costtnae being very cleverly executed. At t&e wackeioß she uauced a Highland fling. The doable trapeze act by Miss Alexandra «ad Msiter Bertie R-as watched with much interest, awl folk performers were loudly applauded. Master Bertie's jump from the *w» of &» teat, a distance of 50ft, called fetti a «peeial round of applause. Holt and **«3alLi convulsed the audience by their jSMndaUcg actj Mr p re(i s te uing *»red bj his artistic bare-backed riding and toaa% act. Messrs Loohey and[West *wv u^e act oa horseback representing taeOivmpian games of old, and their perwaacee was very clever. Walhaila's *«utißg act over six men was capitally «*a*. Mr Fillis's military act, " Dying to fcTe B the colours, au incident in the Zulu ■»> m which the thoroughbred horse ***t was introduced, was an interesting ■**&, the docility and splendid training of horse coming in for special mention. *,»■<% there will be special trains on the £*& *nd Oxford lines, and a special late ~*ffi to Amberley after the evening perSKsaaee. Thsre will be a change of proP*jaae to-morrow evening, and Sattudav *% positively be the last opportunity of "eaguas really excellent circus. ADDiyGTQx Lrv E Stock Market.—A j"*" envy of fat sheep had the effect of ■"wciag prices a shade for prime quality. io?V. ctOßsbled weti »ers made from 163 to «* 9a. others 12s 6d to 15s. Messrs Earsh™«aad McKay, of the Hurunui, sent ■"•• • *• plums in the shape of haifbred «««* which had seen nothing, as Mr ™**elsy remarked, but " tussocks and nor'«*«rs.' These were eagerly competed far gthe trade, and lealised 21s to 223 6d. "«oulkof the entry was crossbred ewes 1~ *°»*« «* quality. A splendid line S m yHr M * Fri «U»nder, made 16s 3d to « ou, and • few otaer good pens made 5? lL 8 1 17 , S 1Od > others 9s to v!' «*« and wethers realised *wvT J Boo * **** Pen* of merino JJ*«. ragged from 14s lOd, JS^^ o^ 68 SQid »* 6s 4d to lla 7d. was done in the store 3f*««. l«et sale being » line of &SwT*i Wether « at 9a 3d to 11s 2d. •adSKlii "&* {ram 7s lOdtoiOs, JJ Jufbred ewes 12s 6d to 13s Id. There We^ dem&nd f °r the beef offered, and ftoßi&ct?? 1 * maintained. Cows made Mtoi&T- 6 !] 056 17s6d » heifera & 12e The le of st °re cattle ciaD~j. h <ac " A ( of young stock BadeTfLrir 3 iv siuall lots - Vcy cows diir, Zj* £l 15s lo £4 - T^e demand for BEaUjte* *** weaJier tha a of late » •od a aoUiia? JS ?afised - Ther * ' w "* s ' howeTer » the way of quality entered. U» c of pigs was disposed of at eocrjt • c c entf y wasj °f Fficef^® c which realised all ols to 595. St<ffee made lie to g£ Porters 17s to 31s 6d, choppers 42s to

sfiii rv* 1 * tic fcets issued by the Bdrn mazr quoted, axe extended A» iff.rV 08 * 1 U P to fceptember 30th. th-^ , * nd workroom* are novr Personal management of Mr sWLvTS felay which has lately been in the delivery of ordew will eftiy^ ,, and ever y cabinet and tk *i^mi h», B P ec ted before delivery so fltotciWstftk 1 artieUcally finished mil be allowed to leave the studio. *itf S«Jli IGGLKSWORTH ajtd Binks :*urcir O, S °H ea a s i udio ta cbrist - JUeated 6,16 of their **U&i ßn^. att -°P"type». which have *«le» in wi* /urore amon 8 f»ehionable and Phkeck's " fiismbrandthft&P « dreßS Photographs; ic^*^- 10 «atlnette, are the art. Studio, fiiffh street.-

Axui,nrc.-" A Season's Record, , ' contributed to our contemporary the Weekly Press and Iteferee, by Mr A. H. Shury, should be read with great interest by disciples of izaak Walton.

MiLWYX Council,—The ordinary meeting of the above Council to have been held yesterday has been adjourned until Wednesday next.

The Gaiety Company. — As already stated, the plan of the drees circle and reserved stalls for the Gaiety Company •season opens to-morrow morning at Messrs Milner and Thompson's. The first performance, "Faust up to Date," will be given at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday evening nest.

Ascension Dat Services.—The services to be held at the Cathedral and at. St. Gary's, Merivale, to-day, which is Ascension Day, appear elsewhere. The preacher at tbe Cathedral will l>e the Rev. R. J. Thorpe, and at St. Mary's the incumbent.

Povclab Entertainments. —Several of the members of the City Council and ex-mayors are arranging to hold a series of threepenny popular entertainments during the winter on every Thursday evening for the purpose of raising funds for our local charities. The first entertainment will be for the providing of one hundred pairs of blankets for Her° rick's Home. There will be no expense—or at any rate very little indeed—attendant upon these entertainments, and all the proceeds will be given to some charity. Personal.—A goodly number of friends assembled yesterday afternoon, at the Railway Station, to wish bon voyage to Mi- E. W. Roper, who is starting on a tour round the worsd, including the Chicago Exhibition. Mr Roper proceeds from here to Sydney, thence by the Torres Straits route to China and Japan, thence to Chicago, England and the Continent, returning home by way of India and Australia. Mr Roper intends taking notes of the varione sights andsc«nes that will meet him on the route, so that when he returns he will, no doubt, be able to give us some very interesting information.

Wanted—A Mayor.—At the statutory meeting of the Cit-y Council yesterday there was no appearance of bis Worship the Mayor. The Town Clerk went forth like Sister Ann, but no sign of the absent functionary could be seen. Then the Council proceeded to elecb a Chairman of its own. The Town Clerk, like Abner Green, of Angels, " rose a pint of order," but he was overruled by the legal meml>ers, and Cr. Gray ascended the Municipal throne, but shorn of tbe glories of the chain, which awaited ou the table in front of the Town Clerk the arrival of the Mayor. The work of the day was simply to certify to the burgess roll. There was up to the time of the completion of the business no appearauce of the Mayor, and the Council adjourned without his Worship, who evidently intends to make the most of the month's holiday granted to him at the last ordinary meeting. Football.—Owing to pressure on our space we are compelled to hold over the publication of the Jist of football fixtures ior Saturday. The following matches will be played this afternoon on the North Park : —Hardware—Tucker, King, Lewis, Thomson, Styche, Orr, Hawke3, Clarke, Pickering, Betsou, Alexander, Truscott, Weastell, Basset, and Clarkson; v D.I.C. Kiabra— Bullivant, Burnham, Shelton, Simpson, Price, Stewart, Allison, Christie, Brown, •Hebden, Gaw, Bain, Daley, Wheeler, Walsh, Homes, Whitta, Husband, Forbes, Hart; v Grocers—Crothers, Poore, Wells, Walsh, Hooper, Gilkes (captain), Kennedy, Maclaine, Canner, Matson, Scott, Bemnish, Hensley, McGregor, Alpe ; emergencies— Lord, Clarke, Reeves, and another.

New Zealand Rugby Union.—Mr S. E. Sleigh, Avell known throughout New Zealand as the manager of the team that- went to New South Wales in 1884, and to old time footballers in Otago and Canterbury as the evergreen *' Poster," writes from England to -Mr J. H. Chapman, of DunefUu, under date 23rd March:—" I had a long interview with Rowland Hill the other day, the discussion being the. visit of a New Zealand football " team here: I could say but little on the subject, for, with the exception of papers from yon, I have heard nothing from New Zealand. I gather that a New Zealand Uuiou has been formed, arid that Otago and Canterbury refuse to joiu the said Union. Now, I always upheld that no New Zealand Union Was necessary, for were that instituted some new set of rules might come into force, and therefore matches with England would be impossible. I got the D.F.C. to join the English Union to prevent such happening, ai>d happily their example was folio wed by others. I told Mr Hill that if a team came here (leaviug out Canterbury and Otago) that the team would not be & New Zealand team, but only a North Island team. Please send mc any farther details about the matter that you can."

Fike in A Coal Pit.—The Bruce Hei-ald statee that a serious fire broke out in the Tokomairiro coal pit, down the river, on Sunday morning, which promises to close, at least for a time, the mines of both MiAnthony Young and the Tokoraairiro Coal Company (leased to Mr N. Hardwick.) It is not at present known how the fire originated. The men were working in Mr Hardwick's mine till about five orclock on Saturday night, and when they left the place was apparently all right. The fire was first discovered by some passer-by about seven o'clock on Suud&y morning. Five men were hard at work all day oa Sunday and Monday with . a view to extinguish the flames, but without any success. The fire has now extended to the main body of the .coal, and as there is no water supply available, it is hard to say when it will be extinguished. Flames were issuing from the two shafts and also in some places through the solid earth. Mr Young's loss is not so severe as that of his neighbour, as he has not so much coal iv his mine mow ; while the adjoining mine hae sufficient coal to answer all requirements for some years to come, and the loss is made considerably heavier when it is said that Mr Hardwick had over £100 worth of tools and plaut in the mine, which will be cotnplptely destroyed. The fire will occasion a deal of inconvenience to many nu&ldents of Milton.

Type Ssttixg Coxiest. — Considerable interest has been excited in Melbourne by a type-setting contest, in which an exCancerbury compositor, Mr G. AY. Venables, now of the Evening Standard office, Melbourne, established an Australian record by setting 140 lines of minion type, equal to 6175 letters, in two hoars. The proceeds .were -devoted to the relief of distressed printers oat of employment iv the city. A Melbourne paper publishes a portrait of Mr Venables, together with the following biographical notes: — " The subject of the above, although born in London in 1864, is essentially a colonial, having been raised, from a few months old, is various parts of New Zealand, where his parents are still living. He started the business on a bi-weekly paper, published in Kaiapoi, Canterbury, and after patting in about eighteen months, the concern expired. Having an inclination for the trade, young Venablea succeeded in filling in the remainder of his time as a turnover on the Ashbuiton Mail, a tri-weekly morning, and at the early age of nineteen occupied the position of foreman, which he held for two years, when a change of proprietorship sent him further afield. Alter working on a daily morning for a few months in Christchurch Venables accepted a frame on the daily evening paper in Hobart, staving there for eighteen months, when he returned to New Zealand, but for a short time only, and he resumed his old frame again a few months later. Mr Venables successfully established a tri-weekly paper on the Northwest coast of Tasmania, but the partnership was of short duration, and once more the subject of this sketch was roaming about Tasmania, aud finally settled down for about a year on the Launceston Daily Telegraph. Six weeks befoie the issue of the Evening Standard Mr Venablea .arrived in Melbourne, where the general manager, Mr James Thomson, recognised that the credentials of the applicant were sufficiently good to be placed on the staff, a position which he has occupied ever since. Saturday's contest -was the first of the kind that the wiener had taken part in, and the record is one of which he has every reason to be proud. Venables is well known in rowing circles, having stroked the Standard crew when it wpa the Daily Frees Four-oared Race, and as a member of the Yarra Yarra Club has played a prominent part in various events in which maiden fours and maiden eights of that crew have engaged."

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Chess Clttb. —A meeting will be held tonight at the Bo tough Council Rooms, Linwood, to consider the formation of a Ohees Club in the Liv wood district. The chair will be takeu by the Mayor at 7.30. Masonic.—The regular meeting of the Conyers Lodge, Uo. 1916, E.C., wiS be ield to-night, at the Masonic Hall, Sydenham. Lecture.—A lectute will be given this evening, at the East Belt schoolroom, by Rev. F. W. Isitt, on "The White Czar.' , The lecture is in connection with the Weeleyan Mutual Improvement Association. Sydenham Licensing Committees. — Messrs W. White, sen., John Whitelaw, Edward Jones, Wm. Langdown and John Coles have been nominated for the various wards in Sydenham as members of the Licensing Committees. Chrysanthemum Show.—The chrysanthemum and fruit show of the Horticultural Society, whicn opens at the Oddfellows' Hall to-day, promises to be a great success. Entries have been received for four collections of pot chrysanthemums, and collections of fruit, &c., will be sent from Mount Somere and Geraldine. The show will be open from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Industrial Association. — A general meeting of the above will be held at Hobbs' Buildings this evening at eight o'clock, to diecuss the report of the Committee appointed by Parliament on the subject of encouragiug the industries and manufactures of the colony.