NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10882, 27 June 1899, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

— <fc A Justice of the Peace at Petone has resigned. The' new Commission of. the Peace includes 2637 names; A sharp earthquake shock was felt at Ashburton at 12.17 o'clock on Sunday night. The Mackenzie County Councillors are appointed trustees of Burkes Pees Public Cemetery. . The last of the series of popular lectures by Professor Bickerton was delivered last night, the subject being "Power, its production and transmission-" - His Honour Mr Justice Denniston arrived from the South last night, by the; express, and will, sit in chambers and bankruptcy to-day. f J A domestic servant was arrested by, . Detective Fahey yesterday on a charge of having stolen clothing valued at £1 from, a house in -the Canal Reserve. For Gtipda.—Qα Thursday next Mr Charles Clark will offer by auction an assortmeq* of magnificent fur goods. • He invites inspection.-. . * . b% - -Uβ Sunday afternoon and evening magnificent oloud and-atmospheric effects were observed a£ Kaiap&i. The. variety and tints of the colours in the sky and on the vapours in the air were most beautiful. "

".'-.Tlie'ltegtsta'fir, Mr Blpxairi; 'tfvil-sifctings of the. Supreme day morning Hall to-day, - J 6K£s|i§ Frisby, removed ,yr'iu,lkx> taken. , --' -/ _ - I _ ' .%■!s ' "'^'MfM After several sharp frosts, foiled by ,wara nor , -west -wind urn - Bunaay;#ain in the city-yesterday morning., . 23w fall rain was heavy at Ashburton. Th^-weathei V;= -cleared during the day, . ' ; &? $%*W - The Sydenham Council last night give if notice that on,the 24th July it would strike £«f*ij| » general rate of 7>Bfchs ota penny-In The rates of the Rivest Ofift Prainagte would be struck ufc'the same time; J, • " *;„•,-^|p .It has been the practice oi<those attend."-' ing the footbsjr'ma.tohes at Lancaster PatkV> "/&{$ to jump the picket fence enclosing the grand --'-*0 stand. The Lancawter , Park Company / 5j tend taking steps to put a stop to the praW . tice.- " . .-.,;,;'• 10] The Buadera , As9octatton.;recdatiy ins&-' ;"'*'] tuted two aoholaxships at the School of 'Aefy?: <;'■•& and the Registrar of Canterbury Collie ytifrA 'ilffl terday reported that they had been awarded V "-.>'?ss to Richard Wylie, over 18, and Wn. Greig,s;"' r 'y£ under 18 years of age. ,-4' O'>i Last week tliere were eleven bankrupt-* dcs in the colony, namely, aj settler, a tractor, a tobacconist, two labourers, a cab;:; >,;}''; driver, a publican, a commission, agent, an insurance agent, a nurseryman, and ar sail* 30 maker. " ■ " "<*' Commissions have been issued to Lieot, ""-"-" M. E. Lindsay, Canterbury Yeomanry'> V yCavalry; Lieuts. H. Stanley, Hewlett, and G. "f& Curtis,' Lyttelton Artillery, and 1 ;'| LSeut. P. Norman. Hunt, ','"!„ Cycle Corps. '' "■ r ' ,y\ . The Auditor-General excepted from the _ r balance-sheet of the Sydenham, Borough/ v *?, v " :; Council the sum of £1 15s sd. This small ■"£ amount, before its collection, was paid over "'i to the Drainage Board, in order to obtain ,' X commission, and the Auditor-General ruled _ ' the payment afc. illegal one. , -. The' pernicious system under which Maoris '£ anticipate the rents for their small sections ' J of land was shown in a recent case in the " , 4, Magistrate's Court, where a native man said he mad drawn all the rent due on his land/ $ in respect of a lease now current,- in 1894, five years ngo. He Jiad spent all the money " ■ '.' at the time, aaid' was practically without v. income from that source. . .VAt the New Plymouth Town School, , :"{■ Committee's last meeting it was decided' '■#- to recommend to the notice of the head- _ ,f, mc|ster of tb© Central School .the advis* ~ V ability of instructing the children, as to "I the best means of escaping from btnldiaga - • •■. in case of Jire. It» was also resolved that '• " ;■ the captain of the Fire Brigade be asked ■ • i ■to co-operate with, the headmaster in -in-,» '•'.'ji structmg children in fire drill. The Rev. H. C. M. Wabsaa,- preaching 6a ' / | Sunday night said: That the vast majoriiy y ; ;5 of Christian, people never did anything for - * '; the great society of iwbioh tihey were mem- - ■" berg—the Christian Church—except > call -. " -, tliemsslvea Clwistians, came to churah; mow- ',< ■ ;' j or less irregularly, and ga.ve aa oocosicmßl- ( • ' >■) threepence in -the offertory. ofiertoiy Mr MoMahon* played ast ? solo, with, organ aocomoaniment, sacred melody, "The Last Muster." ■Jggty »'\ The National Bank has again a very eio&, : - factory report to lay before its shoi-eholdere." By tihe telegram wliich appeared in our issue - -g of yesterday, it is announced that the Bank". ,u"f 3ias deehu'ed a dividend of 6 per cent, per ' • t annum, and a bonus of 1 g&r cent., besides-- ; adding £20,000 to reserve, and writing .", j T £5000 off Banlf. premises. Another pleasing • feature about the report is that the directdre , r -i; have set aside £2500 as the nucleus of ft pen-' , - sion fund for the staff. • '*& Tlie time for receiving applications for , ," : « sections in the Taniai Hamlet, Woolston, clossd yesterday. There are forty sections' in the*hamlet, and, while there are only v .;| fourteeu applicants, they have each applied ' $s\\ for all the {sections, with a view of making sure that in the event of a rush, they would ; v=HM secure ono. The result is that a ballot will /,$- ------have to be taken to decide which section each applicant is to have allotted him.;tr-j|vS> There will be an examination of the cants on. Wednesday next, and-a ballot on Thursday. l " '-'*&& ' A somewha-t sarcastic letter was " rtß&''';.VJs last night at the meeting of the League of >■< Wheelmen from a southern club. Speaking 'l~\fd of the proposed conference, the writer, in :;':, M asking that the meeting eiipuld commence in tlie morning, instead of in the evening, \-0$ on to say, "This would entail the defe-./, pates washing a, whole day in your beautiful' £[,s§; City of the Plains, watching the willows "; l grow nn the banks of your almighty river.'* ' A little lator tho same Secretary referred to the delegate they were likely to send as one,'' <*v$ "who could.talk the whole evening on one ,: :|j subject." : ~ ,^yj| The Sydenham Council is. in trouble once" moro over tho question of collection and diaposal of the scavengering refuse of the borough, and last nighfc it received letters and .Jkf heard dDputafcions protestini; against the feetablisliment of stables and cart stands in.'j Huxley street, which it was understood the., Council intended to do. According to - sb'itemente made by Cm- Jacques and Tay- , x >§| lor, it appears that Huxley street, Colombo road, and several plsu»s at the eandnills, •'<£.s£-, had been inspected,"but nothing definite had- ",,|§; been done. The wholo subject was referred , to tlie Sanitary Oommittee. '" ,-."i||S At the capping ceremony at Wellington, Professor MaeLaurin, in the course of his re-/ r marks, said they miust net be misled ;wtoCJ';|p supposing tbiiit a university existed merely tb • r turn out specialists. nothin-gin ~'•[s§£ mere extemeive knowledge to guarantee the " oibsenco of a niarrow mind. * It was of iinportiince that a university should have a wida y'?s&; range of stuaios—first, because it was well to satisfy as many varieties of taste as * ■■ V?p and, secondly, bocausa all i-he members of University .were gainers to. a certain extent by living amongp others who represented the js whole circle- of Imowledge. And it was for',. this second reason that they should not ex-, ; '"4jj| elude the social side of university lifo. The , intercourse of men. *with men was perhaps the amplest and shortest way of avoiding ; }$$$. the narrow mind. - T -y"||| In response to the invitation of the Ex< ecutive Committee, in connection with the , presentation to his Worship the Mayor and, Mrs Louisson, a very large number of ladies ; attended yesterday afternoon at the City' Council Chambers. The Chairman of the t§M Oommitleq, Mr R. O. Bishop, presided.'- ■?f It' was resolved—"That those present- form, ',•ss& themselves into a Ladies' Oommittee, with power to add to their number, to 'co-operate JJ& with the Committee appointed on June %s§,■ 21st." Mrs Julius was appointed.chair- j;J# • woman ol the Ladles' Committee, and took the chair. An Executive Committee wae elected, comprising Meadamee Denniston,' R. D. Thomas, Recce, Wsgram, J. B y 'AUW Fisher, and Bnller. Tickets weie disfcri-. buted to those present, and after some die- tV?ff cussion the general meeting closed. _ meeting of the Joint Executive Committee was then ield, Mr B. C. Bishop presiding* Sub-committeea were appointed to arrange Vjp for music, catering, and decoration. It wae "f\.?|j decided to notify that the sum of 10s charged for the ticket for the conversazione, '. r~'M •was iufcemded to be applied as a contribution , ,f$M to the fund and also admission to the con-'' vcrsazione. It was agreed to adjourn till' *',%$§ Monday, at 4 p.m. * - "■ '"^^ "I witnessed the arrest,, ftnd I wish express my opinion that it was a totally ; unnecessary arrest," said Mr C. M. Orayj •* \sm> the Police Court, yesterday, when a" *jm charge of drunkenmess and violent behaviour was being investigated «)gainst a maft who did not appear- The Bench requested Mr Gray to go into the box, but Sub-In- , } spector O'Brien: intimated that he had fur- ?-sg| thsr evidence to oafl. -After-the of several constables had been taken, • Mr, -;j|g Gray said that the mem when arrested was £t||| on. the roadway in the vicinity of Broad--way's. He offered no resistance until ne ;.Wj|l was taken to the cab. He had no doubt the , £f||| constable had exceeded his duty, and he ; <v||| seen older constables simply warn men who were further .under the influence than tk e #vlß| man re«erred to. ' He' had told/tlie of the wateb'that W intended giving a> B r Wm view of the case in court, and consequently, ' :|lp pretty nearly the whole of the police had been brought forward to. rebut hie*""'iss| et*tement*' Almost all-'tl»e witnesses hed? seen the ms(h after he id been worked-ng , ■■ to a state of excitement after he had put in the cab. Tha man. wae not woree than he (witnessi) was at that sent time. Whilst not -uite satisfied the arresting constable's behaviour, - the Bench expressed the,opinion tha* the »an must have been drunk,' ' - ' "' - - uW£:

» *«g6 *»!*«■ <* letter* tatfe* in type, which will be published a* 'fWL iStkly as the pressure of other matter upon W& but *pa«> will permit. Wβ must remind £%*' oar correspondent that during the session. $W'f' «( Parliament we cannot undertake to insert letter*. " " --. . \if, - ,- At the fortnightly meeting of the Lad- &\'+ tcdoks Band of Hope on Wednesday, Mr J. :?f; Sinclair, who is leaving for Oamaru, was '/Si. presented with a writing-desk, suitably "-, .: It » uader,stood (says the "Poet") that '"> '.. Aβ object of tlie visit of Mr Florence, 8.M., r >'- *t the Chatham Islands, to Wellington, is ' ; Jα connection with the question of local go- " terninent for that part of the colony. \ '"■'" Mr A. Buick, who for many year* was ; ~ confidential clerk for Mr Thoe. Bullock, Ash- ,/;• ' burton* and who left last year on a visit to ' the Old Country, arrived in Wellington by ? tfee Gothic yesterday. He is returning to ■■>? JAx Bullock's employ, and is expected in ./'., jtahburtoa to-day or to-morrow. ■ •* • '- Asked by counsel if ho did not act as an . ,', # advocate among the Maori?, a native witness '■''■ informed the Kaiapoi Court that he did so, ,/ .$# it was a non-pitying profession. All ie >"' nceived as advocate was '20s from one man, .' "i aod he had to pay a fee of 20s to the Go- ,'. Eminent for at license to act as an, advocate. . . According to the "New Zealand Times," %, Hr T, M. Wilford tendered an application for enrolment on the electoral roll for Wel- ■'' Httgton Suburbs, but the application was . rtm«ed by the Registrar of Electors. »Mr ' contends that he was wrongly struck -, <& tbe roll, and that the Registrar is wrong '" * in refusing the application which he has no* made. Five days are allowed the ~' Registrar in which to state the grounds of bit refusal' '• . The Masterton ''Daily Time*" reports that - , while an Upper Plain resident was out footing on Friday ho noticed three ehags .;■ tmwfog overbold, one of them carrying '■'' something large and heavy. On firing a -\ sfctf the bird dropped its load, and the..' ■..' fafnwy was surprised to find that it was a ' Jorge trout, weighing no less than a pound „ MBw a hiAt. The tenders for the printing of the St. > Albans borough burgess rolls having bean . • owned at the meeting of the Council last VJdgfrt* Jt wa9 found that two of the tenJ <ferer* had quoted the same rates per page, • V'lwfiJst the lowest tender was la 3d lower. ij&o Mayor said he was sorry that such a ; ] hod been put in, as from his own '"-\«xperience he was certain that the work could not be profitably done at tho price. • •' ;$q the list of complete specifications for ■:-. patents for the week appears M. L. Squire, '"■■''■' iMrvie'w, cure for toothache; H. A. Scott, . . Cltristahurch, apparatus for sinking ppstH, 'Schneider, Ohristchurch, corsett. , - Provieional specifications have been accepted .': -from G. K. Askin, Ashburton, means for supporting bicycles; A. J. CumLng, Christchuroh, meat marking; and W. McAuslin, V, AUord Forest, acetylene gas generator. r''-.- In giving reeeons for stating that a man 'V.. Jad been drunlz, a witness at the Police , > ■•' Court, yesterday, said that the man had ', .. been staggering and singing. The Bench pointed out that many people were in the ""' habit of singing who were not drunk. Anst&er witness stated that the alleged drunken ' man had been singing the bill of fare in Broadway's window> and was attempting to ' "\ rwch a nigh note, and several of the by- '■ - ttdnders had requested him to give them (bat top note again. .' *. At last night's meeting of the Linwood Borough Council the question of the tram- - ■', . ways came up for discussion. It was urged , byjsomo of the Councillors that tho falling- ■ in of the concessions at different periods was. ' , Jikely to cause some confusion as regards arbitration or future proprietorship and, wot, unless concerted action by all the,local ■ bodies interested was agreed on. It was ■ dedded to invite delegates from tho City : . Council, Sydenham, »Woolston, Heathcote «ad Stunner and Linwood to discuss the Stttter* ' . ■ A deputation of workmen who had been employed at the Springfield end of the West 'Coast-Railway, but who hod been dis- ' • ,ca«ged, waited on his' Worship the Mayor : - yesterday. The deputation pointed out that ■ ; .work having been resumed on the Spring- .; "field end, men who had been working at the ' jOtira jQorge had been transferred there. They' '•" fe6ped his VVorpliip the Mayor would use his influence to see that this was altered. His (;i- Worsliip said all he could do was to bring ■; 'the matter under the notice of the resident "Vjtogineer, which he would do. 'X,, Dlustrutipg tho recent odvetneo of merino -i '-.-wools, advices were received by lost moil '■> Of the solo of "The Warren" clip in Lon~jl At the May series. In 1898, the greasy '"? • Super combing rculised up to ll£d, and the r .- ecoured pieces Is- per lb. This year the ";; latter brought la Bd, scoured locks Is 7d, *~...(while 26 bales of greasy super combing sold. :,;' for Iβ Id per lb.. These prices probably ie;:*U present the highest range of values for Canterbury grown wools for a good many years .'',■•: past, and bespeak good times for the pas- ,•;",',. torn community. The Warren clip waa :\;>;- shipped by Messrs Gould, Beaumont and >;% f 'Co., tfcd sold by Messrs Buxton, Ronald, !;.!;;■, and Cα, London. v,;-. When the question of the cancellation of ■£-. * etaughterhouse license -was under discus- ; >V;-' *lon at the St. Alboms Borough Council ■'_._y '■ lutb night, Councillor Morgan said that the ■;.■■'_ Council should give the licensees some grace • ■'•'.; Until it was seen whether public abattoirs , V were to be established or not, as it was not . s likely that any 'butcher was going to spend £10$ when there was a. possibility that imbUe abattoirs would be made compulsory. ~ It would seem like throwing money away. To insist on batchers taking their meat to Islington or Belfast to be killed would entail a fearful expense, and would ruin many . . botchers. The Council, however, decided to cancel tho license. In requesting a local body to relax its provisions respecting the amount of metal to be pkced on a road which he proposed to . dedicate to the body in question, a> land- ■ '\ owner stated that the area of the road was seven acres, which he valued at £110 per .:"., atsre. Then to show that he was not likely to make a large profit out of the cutting up. of the land, he gavo the following details: —Tho land originally cost him £7500; he ' estimated there would bo thirty-two building sections, of a value of £50 each, and the re- ,..-. 'maining 82 acres, would be worth £100 per aero, or a total value of £ÜbQO. 'From this was to be deducted tho cost of, forming the road, mid metalling it, as he " 1 proposed, which, would amount to £1050, . .' and this would leave hem £1250 for other, expenses and profit The members of the V local body, after careful discussion, came to '.'''. the conclusion theft they could not vary the ' : '\<. Usual conditions unon which they were m - ,'■., Joe nabit of taking over new roads. Bargains in Bicycles.—Oates, Lowry and ■;■'.■ Co., Ctristoliurch, are seUing a limited : ttauber of up-to-date new bicycles, with ' ~. Weetwood rims, Dunioptyres, etc., for £15. ,',; HAdvt) / - S To sufferers from asthma, bronchitis, &c / »-Uould and Cα 's Asthma Cure is prepared ",; from the formula of a London specialist in I 1 these complaints. Price., 2s 6d per tin. . ■ . The cheapest and best in the market. Hob- - dm and, Cole, chemists, next BsJkntyne and : Go.—(Advt-) V -.' If you have a doubt in your mind as tc .. . whether life is worth living, it's a sore sig? 'if- r that you have allowed yourself to run down. ■,•'; iSie best remedy is Barnettr'e ■ Compound ; i ' Syrup of Hypophosphites. Price, 2s 6d and , r. 4t 6d. Ba'rnett and-CJo;, Ctemisti, 4 Viel';[" toria street, Cforistohuroh. ' - 16 i-r Morris, photographer, from Dunedin, '}r.,- Mnonaliy takes ail the portrait* in A Colombo street Call and see new specif. ftens.-{AdTt.3 ■■\ To Up-to-date Bicycle Buyers.—The "<i)[ famous Waverley bicycle 1899 models just - to band per β-s. Ribston absolutely the best ,i thai v mooey can obtain. The latest stock of lundriet in New Zealand.' Repairs a'speci- '.. y'jjt iJity. Inspection invited at Waverley Cy- :- ;acl« Depot, 211 Colombo street, OnrietchurcL S r V. ■ 7963 . "■ V < There are two classes of bicycles; Colump : '■''■ bia and others, and chief am*«g the others I\&''.fa the famous Hartford bicycle, ladies' or f eeat's models, Columbia's £20, Chain* . H;fWB ColumiHaiJi2s. Thp beet value in !y .. bicycles ever offered to this public, thspec* il, /■ aba. ievited. The Yerex and Jones Com* I?.;' flfy' <El. Lightbody, manager. —fAdrtJ' » Colic,' cnoiera and Diafniaft Eemedy can always be depended upon pi- aodis pleasant and tale to t&ka, Sold by |;>«JldwmW» • ■ ■■

Tte> t£at VMr l{ Spenci, Assistant Engineer on <&c Midland Railway works, between Jackson's and tnc Ofira Goxgp, has retired from the public, service. Thar* ate now abo4if. 120* n«n employed in completing the ' line" between those two points, and it is expected that the section w3l be opened for by Chxigtmas. Ex-Judge Rogan, of the Native Lands Court, -who died last week, \a Auckland, had been in the. colony, about half &>century. He was a surveyor by profession, and was subsequently appointed RIM. for* the Helensville district . He became Land Purchase Commissioner, 'and afterwards' a Judge of the Native L&eds Court. He retired about sixteen, yean ago. He lost his wife and a child by sickness, and two or three years ago one ol his soma was drowned at Wanganui. ThU preyed upon his healthHe was an able Maori scholar. The Sydenham Councillors last night voted tibemaelvee out of free rides on the tram. , Iα the deed approved ait the special meeting a clause provided for this inexpensive form of locomotion, and the minutes as read confirmed it- But the correctness of the record was challenged by one selfsacrificing councillor, and, upon an appeal to the Chairman of the Committed at the time, it wee ascertained that he had ruled that the clause was rejected. The minutes were altered accordingly, and the Councillors, by their own motion, lost their tickets.