NEWS OF THE.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9307, 7 January 1896, Page 4

NEWS OF THE.

Ejtoltsh Mail—Tho Maoapourf w »»u "' Engl ish mail ou board is expected to, *' early this morning as Port Chalme* *"*!* ' Ghnstchurch portiou -jf t,h o , na :, , Ah» v therefore arrive hero to ui«i»t. 'ooulfl" ' SuaiNfiß Excursion.—Aα exeurnin bo ruu to-night to Sumiier,' 1 square at 7.15. The Garruou Band wH.'t' • m attendance. wul 0« Prohibition- League.— A meetine of Sydenham Prohibition League will be t, in tho Wesleynn scliool at 7.30 tu-ciaht. " ' Garuisox LnuuuY. —Iho monthly*, mgot the members will ho hold x-> m at 8 p.m.. when Captain Uob.Uy will r «s*' paper on " Defence,"' and the „ *~ meeting will ba hold. ' ft ° B1 »»l St. Jons Ambulancb Association The Mayor hna receive,! a letter from tT Governor, asking !ii m l 0 , )reaen . ."• diplomas to Drs. Irvi,,, and Thorn* connection with St. John Ambulance A., ciatiou. . ***^< , Committed to Sujjnysim: —On h,» tificate of Drs. P«,r,n au anii gj «J Joseph Topliee and John Romp, undergoing sentence iv Lytteliou irilol b»2 been committed to Suiiny»ido Asvluni' Rifle Club.— Che members of tho P«i Victoria R.tle Club held the second coml Ution for the bronze medal on DecamhV 318U The day was against heavy aoorinT Iho top scores were :_\V. Elridge 6 T Hu£;h Maneon 59. b g,s » Fire -Yesterday a dense moke, eoveriu, tho country trom West Kvreton to ChrUt church, was caused by v luuivv firo j u iniuiuka country near West Eyreton. n started about noon and was buruini* b'riaVU up to ami after 4 p.m. s-""kij Queen's Cadkts.-Tliw carps will p Maae on Wednesday n-::t, at 7p.m. sharp, lu the ■ Urillshed, Caahcl airoet, for inspection h» Colonel Fox. * A Drifting Boat.— Au empty boat, about 18ft loug, was seen drif.ing past New Brighton pier on Sunday afternoon. ThY wind was blowing fresh from the N.W and no doubt it. is a fisherman's boat from the Waimakuriri. By tho direction £ which the boat was drifting, it would nc doubt go ashore between Pigeon Buy and Port Cooper. Patent Tir Fastener.-—Elsowhote will be louud a notification, with regaid to tht. new patent tio fastener and a fae simtU reproduction of tho very nsaful little articla.' Everyone knows the bother with ties in order to keep them fasleued, but thi' invention supplies the want., and Ihouri simple is exceedingly effectual. LITTLK River.—'hie cocksfoot, crops an maturing fi.st, and >omo of the fields wiltbe ready for iho reapers in v few dave. &' large number of grass-seedors arrivei hefl" during the past week, ami am camped about -' iv various localities waiting for the harvest'"-'' t.o bogiu. There aro some aplondid crops to • bo seen on the hillsides, and tho average oroj ' is fairly good. t

Opkka House. -To-night, at tho Operv Housu, tho Fauat Fniniiy, in addition to Mr Hugan and Alias Frasur, will make their nppearance. Tho Company, winch comei under the auspices ot JVIr Joo St. Clair, well! known in New Zealand as an a very strong one iv all tho departments,; The proerammo ia a novel one, ami no doubi there will be a largo atiendauco to-nighton" tho occasion of the first appearance of Company.

Tub Volunteers —The City RifW ' forty-eight, under Captain Hob lay and Lieutenant Fairburn, paraded last night '.;' for inspection by Colonel JVnx. Lieutenant* V Colonels Gordon and Francis aud Licmtenanl - Sandford, Arijutunt, were also on parade, i The Coip=i was excroiaeil by its otlioers, after which it was complimented by Colonel :i . Fox on tho advance it hud inado since fail laat inspection, aud ho expressed hia plot, sure at the manner tho officers had per* formed their duties and at tlicir intelligent answers. Tub Bv-Elkcttom. — A meeting of tho '. wholesale aud rer.ail membera of the * licensed victuallers' trado wia held at tho % Jfinipiro Hoiol yesterday, when a Committee,'' ; consisting of Messrs C. Louiaaon, W. Shand. W. T. Charlewood, P. Huike, and J. Carl, was appointed to wafcli ovents in conneo , , , tion with the coining election of a member . of the House of Representatives, in the stead of the Hon. ty. L J . Reevou, ascertain , the views of ptolmhle c&iulidatus, and report to the quarterly meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Association on Thursday next. ~-, Thh Half-Hor,i day.— A nieuting of,' , fruitevers was held j eetevday morning at the offices of Messrs Ayera, Beauchamp and Co., | Cashel street, for the purpose of diaousaiog <_' what etepe ehoulu be takon in re -the .<'": notices received from Mr Lomas calling upon *■?, each fruiteicr to declare in writing wliad if day of the week he would olosj lor the "' statutory half-holiday. It waa decided to . * advertise the date of a future meeting in all '■'}, the papers, so as to give an opportunity for '£. all town and country fruiterers to Attend Vs\ and express their opinion. ' ■■%. Obgian Recital.—Mr Jeesa Timson'i>-& organ recital, which will be given in the "4 Cathedral this evening, promises to be very <>i successiul, and it is hoped that the organ \ % fund will be added to considerably by the 't offertory. An item in the programme that . & is certain to attract special attention ia the t'! Sonata in D Minor (No. 1), by Guilmant, <*« : This .sonata is a work of great beauty . 4 throughout its three movements, and ibis a 7, i: composition that cannoc fail to be admired.," 'iff Mr. Timson'a .other organ seleotions, as well ',5; as Mr LoveH'a vocal aolos, are alt interest- , ing, and an enjoyable evening may be Y l looked for. ,-/.. BOOTMAKEBS* CONFERENCE. — The ad« !% journed meeting in connection with the con* H ference between tho bootmakers and em« V |R ployers is, according to the terme of thf \$ agreement for adjournment, to be held day. The following are the delegates from 'fS* the difFetenb branches of the, New Zealand''■'#, Federated Boot Trade :—Joe. MoNotty, **$[ Invercargill; R. Fergusou, J. F. Arnold and i J. Nagle, Dunedin; VV. Miles, VV. DntkMC and J. Binnie, Wellin«ton ; H. Milligan, W<h : *%?? Darlow and VV. J. Oaborne, OhristohurohV' "$?% Tub Side Channkls.—lt was astoniahina to find that up.to noon yoaterday h£?g, the aide channels in the whole of the except in tho centre block of the cicy, left untouched by the sweepers. All filth and dust whioh had been throws into^d| r them on Saturday afternoon was atill damming back the water aud creating l\fsM great nuisance with tho rotting vegetation, Surely, in the present not season, it is imperative that the fiido channeie shall tylssk kept as clean as possible, particularly aftet.j||f the weather of Saturday afternoon. If * ae |pL present staff of men were inadequate to;f|f! cope with the work the Sanitary Committee B#pi should have engaged additional labour* ||gjp To leave the mass of vegetation and dirt ac« cumulating for forty-eight hours withoutj||g removal was surely in these days of d*'||| mand for perfect sanitation somewhat of aa-fM anomaly. jSygji Ambulakob.—Some chaffing ramarke by-gl" 1 "Bohemian" in Saturday's issue about *|ej§ ( Fire Brigade and Ambulance practice at •Mf'j seaside reaorfc seem to have been taken in »'§#? serious spirit by the Sumner Corps as referring to themselvee. Aβ w*iS are quite sure "Bohemian " has no discourage any local organisation engaged iaffi i such a laudable and useful work as amba«#| 1 lance service, wo publish with pleasure facts of the case as communicated to ns byf|||| Mr Alexander Btoch, the Superintendent the .corps. The body, be says, has only/||| eight certificated members, and of these turned up. There was no smoking nor e****'?|§ peotorating going on, neither w>s 'the'jM stretcher lowered in the way *• Bohemian states. The supposed injured person lowered from the hotel veraudah in the M | stretcher at ouch an angle that hi did | need to bold on to anything. - - 'fpi Low Telegraph Wikes.—Mr Charles ijm Sloper, of Ambarley, had an unfortunate :?|| experience on Monday with telegraph wires orossiog the main North road. Be had \s§| just obtained from Mesare J. Anderson and Bone a new threshing machine, and was VjJj hauling it with a traction engine to Amber* <M ley. At Chairtey'e corner the low telegraph -'-m wire came into contact with the upper part 4 p of the thresher, doing a fair amount "\J| damage. Again, at the crowing near K&iapoi railway station, the machine osme "%k in contact with the railway telegraph line, ■ '-'M with the result that Mr tiioper will bepab . ]'M to an expense of at least £12. In other places, on a less important line of'traffic than the main North road, the eledtrio '*m wires have been raised, and these should 1 now be seen to. The engine and threshing -{yji plant by the second accident were detained' on tho road nearly an hour, as a train was ~' } M approaching oa the line, and the nathoritiea naturally refused to give permis*>&l| lion to make a second attempt to cross tWljfi the cr&in came tin. ' VX'H

Mfirmentalionof the city. %Tf4c'oTE Roai. Board Bv-Law.— The Heathcote Koa.l Board have paved a ? v* «n»king it uulowrul for anyone to Kβ h™ v vehicles over the roade and Kr dees of the dim id unless they are pro{33 with i> tyre lour inches in width. RewLisrt. — Tbo return match Chnst,Woh v "Canterbury Clubs, which was postfSl from Ust Saturday, will be played on §» urdav " e3Ct on the Christchurch green. HpCTTBML Association. - Mr R. C. Ri.iioi) l-eing the only candidate nominated £~"the cf the Industrial Association, lie will be declared duly elected at the»nuua! meetiup. Tut Political .situation. —It v stated that c l ar <-' e number of the hotelkecpers in Christchurch are very strongly opposed to the candidature of Jlr J ' L - uo «. » n d W »H take mea«ures to make their opposition felt I* connection with the forthcoming byelection. . , Lad'lW requiring presents for gentlemen friends should not miss seeing Davies and Lumb'e *p!iiiidid stock of pipes, walking slickf, match boxes, cigar cases, &c. 9578