NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10381, 26 June 1899, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

On the 16th of this month, ween J f#V-H nlghtwatehman woe making hfc #$ f* Lwhfield street, he noticed a firfr'MrßW^-^' against the wall of a workshop. XJpon taEc" ,L ti ig into the yard at the, baofc of this btfitK : " ' ing he found a man, made offwhilftthW' ' ,: night-watchman to putting out the stnW- Cfire. On Saturday, Detective -'• arrested a man on a oharie s of wi|fuuVi»k* tinjr fire, to a building belonging'to" J j a- J Williamar. ' - ' . - . },"'--, 'His Worship the Mayor has cheque for from Mr/Joseph; Fahaet V r ' ' aid of the coal and blanket fund. •, ';■_>' , His Honour Mr Justice Deaniston is ■&£-* J\ pected to return by the , eira&sg to 4 <* from tlw South, -where lie Koelwat»no» circuit at Invercargill. / _,' ; , r <", / While a Foxton man was rfc '" cently be poisoned his finger, andis nowinv - * the Palmerston Hospital, seriously-ill -with ; V blood poisoning, . \ <:',,•'■'•' The civil sittings of the - -' will be opened this morning at J ll tfctock" by the Registrar. As, however,; his H&oto ' is absent from town they will be, a&jwjnied to & date to be notified. '.-.<*- Wβ understand that Dr. Fox'haetotim&te4 - / to the Hospital Board that, while folfy&pv '" predating the suggested efforts toretala EbuSa services, lie has definitely decided tb.adhete to his resignation, and to commence private \.s' practice in Christchurch at an early date;" "'• '"- ■ ■ The Government party in, , til©' Kaiatkrt •, v electorate is in, want of a candid&ta for the /; \ next election. Two or three ,have, named, but are considered unsuitable by the 'tV«r party, and those most interested are'«&&». '-f'V; ing for a definite reply from Mr D. Jsuduo,SvV\ which is expected will be given by Thursdays as to whether he will contest too seat again.-, i'^ Mr "Pete" SjCughea, who is-well to &.* playgoer in New Zealand, has. ceived a very' handsome present frottt.. t members of the Sign of the Cross 'ju*-s tedk the shape of a solid silver csHii<fo h.?i for holding cigars and cigarettes.' v suitable inscription. Mr Hugnos ia ftt/py&sent in Brisbane with the Firm's Company. . \ > - j «£%'/ Nominations closed at noon ~6n. j',i Saturday of candidates for ■ the vacancies on the directorate , ■'•£% the New Zealand Farmers'" operative Association, caused by the qffl«jdon\ '?S t of time. The retiring directors were again 'ISJ* elected, there being no opposition. " Theytw '' ~'"'h Messrs 0. Ensor, W. Henderson,' S. S. Chap* '• '$' man, J. Gough, H. Overtoil, andl F. Neave. - The takings at Lancaster Park m Sat6fi* day afternoon show the interest wiiich thie. , $'.£ year is being taken in the ihterclub matches.. The amount of cash received ''-$§ £52 Bs, which represents over 2000 :?* As the ladies are' admitted free, jond, Jtb,ejr , c were present at least in equal numbers, there ;>>,| were probably considerably over 4000 per*;;; ."x eons present on Saturday to witness the threft; '< "y-------senior contests. _ " , , ' '' ;- ~'"X The position of affairs in th& TmnsvoalVri was the absorbing topic of conversation- 9* r : l Ashbnrton on Saturday. Many of tM ,lj bolder spirits in the Ashburton Rifles are \ v * very eager for the oorpg,to oner its services, for tho Cape. The membera-of tfbis com- * \' pany are mostly strong, dt ,^- ------farmers, good riders, and inured to out*/ Sj door oxposure. Some are very keen for the - ■ "$ change and excitement of a- campaign va. wm> n£j Transvaal. '" J "^ A peculiar optical illusion "was , to Jbb •;'"<>, noticed at Sumner on Friday at sunrise. Jp.Ji appeared as If three suns were rising out of tne horizon of the sea, the one pushing) the other up till they appeared as a long oval sun rising out of the water. Then, all at once -~3 two vanished, a-nd one pun waa to be seen clear and bright. It is no uncommon <M*fan cumstance for two euns apparently to rise';':p closely one after the other, but the'appear? ance of three was most unusual. f -^. The "sliy-larking" of a couple of boys was ..^; responsible for on unwonted display of.-.'-^ jewellery on the footpath, in Willis street, \;j Wellington (says the "Times"). An' un.-:^ usu.dly hard wush, by one.of tne boys.6enb -, the other headlong through the plate-glass ■ t window of Mr J. Zachariali's jeweUery es* •bablishment, with tlte result that gold rings, v,. diamond pins, and a roi*cellaneoUß collec- :^ tion of watches, pendants and other *>*?*'//--' kets were scattered over the pavement. - culprits weire eeoiired and severely repn*, . maided by the proprietor, who, ri; w be- , lieved, recovered the whole of hes QJ9pK>ceo^.■, stock. . vt < , In the North. Canterbury district the wea;. - ; ther las favoured the ploughing operations . necessary for planting the autumn and wjft- "- - ter sown grain- crops. Tho frosts uove, wjtb - ;- the previous rains, rendered the soils meHoysr , ,^ and friable, aad a wide wheat crop - : s has been aown. The end of the potato; iiat- ■ .; vest has been quite against the growers m- % terests, as between the rain and the froeW jt a decided effort had to ba made to seeijra , - some of the crops, and in some places jßiey ■ - have been left to be dug out for the pigs. f ; , ! There has been a tolerable supply of ,rf I up to the present, while dry fodder wad never - : , I more abundant, and the supply of turnips. ; v ! has been, sufficient for all requirements. . t ,„; I Mr Frederick Tofield, who will be well ;j ! remembered by old residents as carrying on ,-: , ' business as a jeweller in - .;v Dunedin (says the "Otago Daily Tuoe»| rrj, - under the sign of a golden shoe, died j^ South Dunedin on Thursdn.y, at the age,oi, /; 85 years. Born in Ix>ndonin 1816,. ne-wa«' 'c: i for many years in the service of Messrs Wir», ' rard and Co. the eminent jewellers, but emir <- grated to Australia in the eerly fifties. '- n* . . was working at his trade on the Ovens. „*,«, Beechworth, when be made the horse Bhoee... : of gold whicb. have since figured so promj—- •>; nently in all storiee of the Victorian iw*»:--.; fields. Mr Tofield came to Dunedin aw , " 6 \ 1859, and carried on business in Pnncee,/ --- I street for many years, but met with - ! in liis declining days. He was an enthusiast-,. - r . ticniember of the Order of Oddfellows. _.. J - ; The "Oamaru Sfaal" relates that a , '?, lady employed in "domestic service" aw » - , unique experience last week. She was al- f ' ;, lowed by her mistress an extra "evening out - for the Durpose of attending Mr A. Hton's lecture on "The Women of Dicken*./ , 4 By an unforeseen mistake she turned Wt ' however, to, the Theatre Royal, where Jar ;,, Duncan waa addressing the electors, one -sat out the address quite complacently, ana . j returned home thoroughly satisfied- with tne - .^ lecture: An enquiry from her - *. elicited the response that the recital nad o»» --*\ most interesting, the only portion v she did not understand being something satf vat the end by a local solicitor.. " • v *>* r \ You'll be sorry if you miss it, Uaetday* ;,] last day. Sale must e«d TMiW,-^ positively yonr la,st <?hance. Terrific fices for 'last day./ Bargains, bargains ever,?** i v wherei further reductions; .PayuaaVJMft \~i for last time to-day. Balance of fixtures - - iT j and counters for sale. Vendors' Jpraperjt V j -and Clothing Sale, Oddfellow* , H»l|, X*A«-^; field street, - .- - . • -< Bargains in Bicydee.—Oates, Lowry «d-w;; 1 Co., Christ<shurch., are selling a limwf*./?"', number of np-to-date new. bicycles, WW^r-j; Westwood riine»Duciop tyres, etc., for **»• - \ it ; —(Advt.) • . - .'' . y^e

Siiiv - AbottiU.Ssa.ixi. y «, owwred ;I#< ! *bjch destroyed, tfce etock of Mr G. Dale, mk, fapat and hoeier, 69 MaJMsnttiter *tmt» bat 'C&- did very little damage to the brick building* 0/ which was leased oy, Mr Dale from Mr \fj '- Smith, boot manufacturer, next dobr r The - jfore was discovered by Messrs Chae, Nelson '"«:•• ; «nd J. Berry, one ol whom gave the alarm, •%'ir/'"«d the other broke,into the shop, which f4 'V<tt full of smoke, and * fire mi burning <' 'ttad«r the counter. The Brigade turned '■■& '■ out quickly, but could not mc the stock, & *■ ' irhicn Sir Dale estimates to have been worth : ' between £350 and £400, arid wtt insured t, ;V ia the Union Oifico for £100. Mr Bale '■■"r^ , was in ie sn °P c f ew minutes before tie fee started, but cannot account for the out* >l break, and wu* not aware that his shop : <mu» burned out until the information was i taken to his house in Linwood. Hβ had '•'■Av been smoking a cigarette, but so far as he ■ &■" can remember tlirow it away before be K;> : - entered the place. '0 t The concluding paragraph of an article ?i' on New Zealand by the special correspond i'[':'■ dent of the Melbourne "Argus," who accoml{> '- P the Commissioners * n their recent ."■■■'■r' trip through this colony is ac follow*; — •» : "A thriving colony is like & first-class race- / hor»e, of which sporting men say, 'Weight f' , cannot atop it. . But the horse does not *;i .'*' • win nor does the colony prosper, because iK'r of the weight. The Labour legislation of '&"'-, New Zealand and the operations of the iff , '- Labour Department may be good, or they If- ' nay be bad, but they have no more to do fH»:' with the prosperity of the country than '<■ the fly upon the wheel has to do with ite !■' 'revolutions. If Mr Best and Mr, Treawith, ? • could only toko back with tbam'ihe climate ]■/ . of this colony t»hoy wtaild dispose of tie nn;t '', '■ employed difficulty in" Victoria, for a genera- ! J ; . turn at least. This means that- & good cliV,-- fl»te is infinitely superior to alleged Liberal ,;-'..■- legislation. It is not claimed, however, by -V present Administration that the wea-her Itfut in)proved since they took office. They. '*■'*"'' claim credit far every thing else, though." ■ t'~' Himalaya tea, la Bd. Wardell Bros, and -.. ?>C6.—(Advt.) Jir lo sufferers from asthma, bronchitis, *c. • (■ snd Cα "c Asthma Cure is prepared ffi from tno f ormu^a °* a London specialist in £•>■* these complaints. Price, 2s 6d per tin. 7?' The cheapest and best in the market. Hob- ';/; den and Cole, chemists, next Ballantyno and »" : - Co.—<Advt) If you have a doubt in your mind as tc •;*■'.■ whether life is worth living, it's asure sigs • ;; £--v that you have allowed yourself to run down. : "l- lse best remedy Is Barnebt's Compound ft/ Syrup of Hypophoiphites. Price, 2s 6d and ■i"'.."- , 4i 6d. Barnett and CJo M Chemists, 4 Vlctori* street, Ohriatohurch. 16 .' Morris, photographer, from Dunedin, ; personally takes all the portraits in ./ Colombo street. Call and see new epeci- .,. toens.—{Advt-3 ~, To Up-to-date Bicycle Buyers.—The -'-■' famous Waverley bicycle, 1899 models just ,' : .to hand per s.s. Ribston absolutely the best ■'*" that money can obtain. The latest stock of 'y --, sundries in Now Zealand. Rtpairs a speci- '->*'■' ' aßtv. Inepection invited at Waverley Cy- •}'.-:■ ele benot, 217 Colombo oti'cet, OJiristchurch. •^; -. 7963 ■-"■.I, There are two classes of bicycles, Colnmr>>V/ fcia and others, and chief among the- othen ■tF -U the famous Hartford bicycle, ladies' or £-'■:. gmb'a £17, Columbia's £20, Cbain- ■',[,' fess Columbia £26. The best value in> ■' , *: / picyplce ever offered i» the public. InspecfV Son invited. The Yerex and Jones Com;V' * j*°y- R. Lightbody, manager.—[Advt] /-." t/namborluin a Colic, Un'oiera and Biar- - fhffia Kemedy can always be depended upon ;C, a»d U pleosxnt and safe to take. Sold by :,, ' all chemists. i , ' * - -Primest hams and bacon. Wardell Bros. '■;%','■. «d Co.—(Advt.) ?;; _ :