NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9344, 19 February 1896, Page 5

NEWS OF THE DAY.

i'he Mail —For the convenience of the public who desire to post the Press and Weekly Press by the mail, Air Crook, Colombo street, has arrauged to have these papers ready wrapped, and has provided conveniences for addressing them. Thk General Election.—The Timaru Herald slates that a petition requesting Mr A. E. G. Rhodes to stand for the Pareora electorate ia being largely signed by the eiectoisof that district. Peninsula Ram Fair.—The annual ram fair in connection with the Peninsula Saleyards Company will be held at Duvauchelles Bay on March sth. The entries close on Saturday, 290h instant. ALLEGED FOROERY AND UtTKRINQ.— A man who has beeu before the Court on numerous occasions waa arrested yesterday by Detective Marsack on a charge of forging a cheque for £6 10s on the National Bank, Christoburoh, and uttering the same to W. Munday. Land tor Sale, Ranoiora.— On Tuesday, at Mr W. Buss's auction salerooms, the farm of Mr J. Kolcher, Rangiora swamp, of sixty acres, waa submitted. There was keeu bidding for it to £17 10s per acre, at which price it waa withdrawn. Farmers' Co-operative Fire Insurance ASSOCIATION. —The ahtina.l general meeting of the shareholders of the Farmers' Cooperative Fire and Marine Insurance Association of Canterbury, Limited, will be held today at 2 p.m., at the offices of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association. The annual report and balance sheet will be presented on this occasion. •».; Central Mission. —A very enjoyable social was held by the Central Mission Christian Endeavour Society on Monday evening, in the Worcester street Blue Ribbon Hall, Mr McLellan iv the chair. The usual meeting of the Mission Band of Hope was held iv the same building recently, when there was a large attendance. Quarantine.—Mr Inspector Holderness visited the Quarantine Station yesterday, ' and released one Berkshire boar and sow belonging to Mr J. Rowe, one Berkshire boar and sow belonging to Mr Boag, one Berkshire boar and two sows belonging to Lincoln College, and two Berkshire boars and six sows belonging to Mr Rhodes. Picnic— The employees of Mr H. Pannell Intend holding their annual piouio to-morrow at Tai Tapu. SofreM- Court.—The criminal session of the Supremo Court was reopened yesterday morning. William Bright, who was found ■• Guilty" of being in the Metropolitan Temperance Hotel with intent to commit a felony, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment; in Regina v Deßens-i the jury returned a verdict of -'Guilty" of a common assault, and the : accused was sentenced to one month's imprisonment without hard labour; in the case of Regina v 8. Mair, for assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, the jury returned a verdict of -'Not guilty •*' in Regina v J. Richards and J. E. Friend, , conspiring to defraud, the accused were sentenced to six months and three months respectively. Personal.—Mr A. R. Woodhouse, a brother of Mr F. R. Woodhouse, of this town, sails very shortly on a trip to Eng- . land. Mr A. E. Woodhouse has during the last few ysars been following the profession •I electrical engineering, and intends,while at Home to try and patent some inventions ns has made, Both iv conjunction with Mr John Chambers, of Napier.und also on bis I own account. One of these, whioh he ! assisted kr Chambers in devising, is a diso heaUag apparatus, by whioh water can be my- S_ ■••ewtoity in a very short time. M. \\ oodbott!-.. has also invented an- electric g*og«. He has several letters of iutroduoUOMO eminent people at Home who should j •_L.i rV m °* tt,in ß hU inventions to be patented. JSt. JaiiN's.-L_Bt evening a formal wel?T- ni*'T b * the P»"« h ioners of St. j in.n!. Ch . ttl _ h .. t0 Yen. Archdeacon Aliuntt, of Kalarat, who is exchanging parishes with the Rev. H. C. M. Watson I l°L*' X 5_ nlh -- There WM * g°od attend- . »oce. _he Bishop of Christchurch was ■■■j pu ent, and to introducing the Yen. Arch- j deacon Allnutt spoke from personal ex- - penenoe of the past work -tone by that I ■•uUmmu m hia former parish. Soma wi>leaux were then shown, several ladies \ »*ing part, under the management of Miss «»oateis. Mr Crook had charge of the lime"Jfßt. A sale of work was held in the I jpwwnoon, and was well attended. ■ * ¥< Xv • JNiOB Board-—The Christchurch h_* lr:et I)rßiua g ß Board held a special; meeting yesterday afternoon, at which there I Were present Messrs J. Deans (Chairman), | 5J Burgess, C. Palairet, R. Hill Fisher, and *t. Crook*. Apologies were accepted for the •jueuce of Aiessrs J. McAlpine and Geo. Mclntyre. The estimates for the ensuing year were considered in Committee and Patted as reported. It was resolved to | cv y a rate of |d in the £, and to provide tor collecting the deficiencies on the rate*h c property in the sub-districts of rural Sydenham, Avon, Heathcote, and Riccarton, _ "* e -solutions to be confirmed at a spscial, L% meeting on April 7th. J -*,***• Christc ' i oroii Regatta. — The SJfr Ul -u crews have arrived, and have nad some training on the Estuary. They •ppear to be a crew who will require a lot of beating. The other Wellington crew arrived »y the Takapuna last night. The raciug promises to be more than usually interesting this year, and the number of entries are in excess of any previous season. The Tramway Company have made every preparation ior a very busy day, and the public can oepend on being well looked after in this "spect. The first race starts at 1.30, followed by the senior fours at two o'clock. Ane Mayor and Chamber of Commerce have Ti? ÜBB - ed the cilizen a to close at noon on Abursday. The Government offices will be closed at the same time. The Committee wno are oarrying out the regatta ball report 5m l 8&t - ,, j*- cto '7 progress. A late tram will leave Sumner at 1.30 a.m. C.--i!f*' B . NAVY Cot.—Player's Navy C«f .t yer ' N * y y <Jut - Payer's* Navy Uvi« J?f r M A ci 8«-tt«. just arrived at •navies and Lamb's. 9578

Woor. Sale.—For the wool sale on Friday about 25G0 biles will be catalogued, the comparatively email number being due to the fact that only a few bales were held over from the previous sale. Acksowi.edguest. —The Matron of the Christchurch Hospital desires to acknowledge the receipt of old clothiog from Mrs Pyne, and periodicals from Mrs Carpenter aud Mrs Bethel!.

Open-air Music.—The Garrison Band, under Bandmaster Searell, played very well indeed an excellent programme of music la*t eight oa the rotunda, Market square. The night* was pleasant, and there was a large attendance of the public. Importaxt Sheep Sale.—A large sale of the well-known Horaley Down sheep, comprising 41,670, will be held at the Home, s'ead Yards, Horaley Down, by Messrs Dalgety and Co. tomorrow. Arrangements have been made to enable Ctmstchurch buyers to return by train the same evening.

('hinese CoMP-TiTio**. —A meeting of delegates of the various Societies interested in fruit and vegetable culture, the FruiterersAssociation, the Anti-Chinese League, and of other trades, <_c-, interested, will be held at the rooms of Messrs Ayers, Beauchamp and Co. a* 7.30 to-night.

Thkosophy.—The Countess Wachtmeister will deliver her farewell lecture at the Oddfellows' Chambers this evening at eight o'clock, on the subject of •« A Conscious Universe and the Evaiution of Man." Admission will be bysilver coin.

Good Templ_ry.— The Desire o£ Sydenham Lodge held its usual weekly session on Thursday last. The officers reported that the lodge was financially in a very satisfactory positioD. Bro. Forest, L. D., installed the following officers :—C.T., Bro. Bridges ; V.T., Sis. Drinkwater ; Sec, Si?. Cummin_s ; T., Bro. Wilson ; F.S., Sis. Forest; S.J.T., Sis. Goodwin; 0., Sis. Foweysen. ; M , Si?. Fowey jun. ; G., Sis. Sullivan. Bro. Wilsoo was recommended as L.D., and Sis. Curninings as ED. for ensuing twelve months. The lodge then-went iuto harmony, visitors from White Ensign and Union Jack lodges on board H.M.S. Katoomba and Kin-*arooma contributing. Len__n Pastoral.—We have received from the Rit-ht Rev. Bishop Grimes a copy of his Lenten Pastoral, which is mainly devoted to an exposition of the doctrine of the "P.e*,l Preseuce." His Lordship states that he has received from Rome permisfiion to postpone till next year his visit to the _overeigu Pontiff, and that he will thus be enabled to make a visitation of all tbe parishes ia his dioce3e. After alluding to the deaths of the Bishops of Auckland and Dunedio, the Pastoral concludes with an earnest recommeudation of certain works of charity.

Woolston.—A special meeting of the Woolston Borough Council was held on February 12th for the purpose of confirming a resolution that had been passed at a special meeting held ou tho 9th January adoptiug a by-law for the regulation and restraining heavy traffic within the borough. Present— The Mayor, and Cra. Hobson, Tanner, Gimblett, Anderson, Lord, Milne and Hawkins. It was moved by Cr. Hobson, seconded by Cr. Hawkins—"•That, in conformity with a resolution passed at a special meeting of this* Council held on the 9th day of January, 1896, adoptiog a by-law for the regulating and restraining heavy traffic ou roads and streets within the borough, the said resolution be and ia hereby confirmed." Carrisd.

Richmond Swimming Club.-—The Committee of this Ciub met in the bath last evening to make final arrangements for the annual race meeting on Saturday next. Present—Mr H. L. Armitage (in the chair), and Messrs W. Bassett, F. Ward, K. Bassett, and G. Milne. The Secretaries reported that 163 entries bad been received for the various events, and that the tickets were going off rapidly. Eleven new members, including six ladies, were elected. The annual sports on Saturday promise to be the most successful yet held by the Club. There are eleven events on the programme, including two ladies' handicap races and a ladies' spring board diving competition, for whioh six entries have been received. The lady members will provide afternoon tea.

Chri-itchdJCh Working Men's Cooperative Society. — The twenty-fifth

quarterly meeting of the Christchurch Working Men's Co-operative Society, Limited, was held at the Albert Hall on Monday evening, when there was a fair attendance and Mr J. Higgins, President, was in the chair. Tbe report and balance sheet for the past quarter were adopted, aa was tbe Committee's recommendation to write £400 off tbe value of the property and the usual interest at 6 per cent, per annum on capital and bonus was paid. Mr Harry Chaplin was elected President, Mr J. Hislop Trustee, Mr G. W. Staniland Auditor, and Messrs J. Rtggins, J. Efford, E. Sandford and W. H. McKeliow a Committee. It was announced that an excursion of members and friends to Little River on Good Friday would be arranged. A vote of thanks to the retiring President closed the proceedings.

Prohibition.—A meeting of the Papanui and fisifast Prohibition League was held in St. Paul's Schoolroom, Papauui, on Monday evening. There was a good attendance of members, and the meeting was of a hearty and hopeful character. It was arranged to hold a public meeting at Belfast at an early date. Eight new members were elected. The following lesolutiona were unanimously carried :—2. " That this meeting expresses its "regret and strong dis-pproval of the notion of the representative for Riccarton, Mr G. W. Russell, in the recent by-election for Christchuroh, he having in his postsessional addresses strongly advocated the return of men to the House of Representatives who, while supporting the Liberal programme, would not be servile followers of tha Ministry. In the opinion of this meeting he has acted inconsistently in publicly supporting the Government nominee, aud has thereby forfeited the confidence and support of a large number of his constituents." 2. " That this meeting records its emphatic protest againat the treatment Mr T. E. Taylor has received at the bauds of the Press and Lyttelton Timet newspapers duriog the recent election campaign, suoh treatment having beeu characterised by persistent misrepresentation. In the opiuion of this meeting the time has come for the establishment of au independent paper." 3. " That the congratulations of this JLeague be conveyed to Mr T. E. Taylor and the Christchuroh Prohibition League on the magnificent poll of 4303 votes on Thursday last. This meeting regards the support given to Mr Taylor, in the face of so much opposition, as an encouraging sign of the times, and gives promise of victory at the forthcoming general election." Sydenham Football Club.—A Committee meeting of the Sydenham Football Club was held on Monday night at the Club Hotel, Sydenham. Present—Messra Denham (in the chair), Watson, Hailiday, Harrison, Willian-19, Meikleham, and the Secretary. The balance-sheet and annual report were drawn up for consideration at the annual meeting to take place on Monday, February 24th.

Sumner.—Tho value of the high water pressure supply and the presence of a Fire Brigade was shown at Sumner when the bell rang an alarm of fire about 9.30 on Monday night. The Brigade turned out smartly with their reel care, and soon prevented the flames from a large quantity of burning gorse on the estate of the late A. J. White spreading to a cottage close by. Holiday.—To-morrow will be observed as a general holiday, from noon, throughout the city and suburbs, owing to it being the occasion of the Christchurch regatta at Sumner. The Railway will run a cheap excursion train to Otarama and a very large number of picnics are arrauged for the l«mme day. The Tramway Company, who have quite recently added largely to their rolling stock, will run .trains at short intervals from 10 a_m.