NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10480, 19 October 1899, Page 5

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Attention is drawn to the fact that the TOefcage to England of the "Weekly Pitas" is 3d thu week. The recent nar'-wesfc rains have damaged tl» road a good deal between Bealey and Otira Gorge. The mails had to be packed «ver tfiae portion on the laet trip. Detective Cassclls arrested a youth yester«s>y on & charge of having stolen a cheque for £18 9s 9d, the property of the Cbristchurch and Ht. Aioarw Co-operative Money Club. Mr L. B. Wood, tho President of the Gbrjttrhurch B witusc 0 nb. arrived on Tuesday, after his trip to England. His many friends will be glad to learn that his health has greatly improved. Mr H. B. Murray, who, .bum friends will t» glad to know, has ndw fairly recovered from his long and tenons illness, went South to Alakikihi by the express yesterday morning. A few minutes past 11 o'clock last night * small building at the back of Mr G. F. TendaJTe ttoamt, Montreal street, was discovered to be on fire. The Brigade turned out in answer to the aknn, but their services *rere not called into requisition. .The Diocesan Synod met again yesterday. The chief business dispoaed of wa»tlie pawing JLV"? 1 ? 1 , a PP rovin « of the completion of W» Cathedral as a special feature of the celeeraUm erf thfe Canterbury Jubilee. The oynod reeumes at 4 p.m. to-day. The annual general exchange of preachers inflation to the Ohnreh Mission Fund in end around Oariatohorch, made on September 24th, resulted in £147 55 9d being contnbuted to the fund, which was £13 15s Id Move the previous year's contribution, As the mieeing man John Wilson has been traced to the New .Brighton racewowe, a party will search tho lupins Mhind Uμ racecourse to-day, starting after Uμ arrival of the 2 p.m. tram. Messrs Austin Bros., Sheffield, intend »jring a tramway of railway metals from tfewr local colliery to the railway line, a eiltaice of about one milo and a quarter. Most of the material is already on the ground. <*n Tuesday afternoon the annual meeting of the Lyttelton Gas Company was held. The wport was adopted, and a dividend of eight per cent, was declared. The proceedings .were private, A sitting of the Old Age Pension Court *«* held yesterday, before Mr Beethanj, SWH-, who had twenty-one applications to «waj with. Of tliia number nine were granted . lot- the fun amount, seven were adjourned, «m« was struck out, and four were granted twpecthely £14, £10, £6, and £5. Two sections in tho Highband settlement, toonty of Ashburton, were opened yesterday todw the Land for Settlements Act, for •section on lease in perpetuity. One of the mtama contains 286 acres 3 roods 20 pwelw*, and the other 1 acre. There were •weal applications for the section*, and a «•** wiU be token at noon to-day. It is believed by some people that the LytVtlton Harbour Board's dredge Manchester ■wt have been employed to convey troops to the Transvaal, or sent in search of the woth Pole, so long a time has elapsed since teything waa heard of aer. It is weeks ■roce sfce arrived at Malta, and there is no •eriee of her saQtng. Tbanka to private enterprise, the residents ■*■ we north end of Raven street, Kaiapoi, •*• to proflpect of being connected with the »«l*n«"» portion of that street, a* Mrs Eitzawth Retell, % Tcry old resident, has offered •o flwt a footbridge across the river at her •wo cost. The Borongh Council has accepted this offer, and will undertake the work "a bridge can be erected within tho sum tmered. IJpcw the opening of the Synod yesterday •nwaooo, the President read a Rter of *P<w«7 for absence from Sir John Hall. •Tm» wrote t j^ t in £ practioJiy received * rammone to the death bed of bis sister a? 1 *^ 1 Tbe "0n ,1, *" of the Synod, •*w «w Lonlship, would mech regret Sir «ohn Hall's absence, and the fact that in •aw important Synnd he had be«n taken •way from them. 6ir John Hall, the Pre"oent remifbied t&e Hone, vu the oldest ■xeker of the Synod. A contemporary eay»f—"The following foiat* v to the curtomary rulee for allotting Wvap wiU give a general idea of the way £t which the award will be distributed; — *rae *h:powner'e share of salvage reward •• chwfly doterrained by the ralue of the •uvmg ship and the riifc which the hae ran, and where the salving ship is a ■M»mer the owner's share is now generJly three-fourths of the amount awarded. Xoe master generally obtain* ft special aprwtionmcnt depending on the amount of <"«I»iwibility ha assumes in rendering the ***«»• The officers and crew *re gene««ly awarded a lump sum, which is divi**»>le according to their rtting. A pas•«ogere share depends on his chare of ser--2«» rendered, and he may rate with ma mm seaman, in certain circumstances.'"

The strong nor'-wester yeeftertay tn the cauae of clouds of dust careering through the streets of the city. The Maori weather prophets predict a hot, dry summer, and Testerday's weather looks very like a fulfilment of the prediction. In the course of an interview which was recently published in the "Gankis," Paris, i Major Marohand, of Fashoda notoriety, who has offered to join the Boer forces, is reported to hare said: —"To-day the Valley ;of the Nile is lost to us. If I had been permitted to act as I wanted to act, things would have been very different. The British > would hare been bundled out neck and crop, you con take my word for that. They knew it very well, and that is why they brought matters to a> head at once, and made the question one of either peace or war with France." Mr F. Kars, of Marshland, has just returned from a visit to has native country, Germany, and other part* of Europe, as well as South Africa. Whilst in Germany he obtained duplicates of t)he medals and crosses he had won while in the army, and which he had lost in a fire at Oxford some years ago. They include rewards for service and for bravery in the war with Austria in 1866 and whih France in 1871, and also a very fine medal struck in commemoration of the century 1797-1897. Mr Kara served for eleven years in the German army. He has been a resident m this colony for twentyeight years. " ' Is connection with the recent fire in Gloucester street west, it appears that Mr Bateman, who was fchefirst to discover the fire, took off his ooat, and left it on the ground outside, previous to entering the uouse to see if all th«.-inmates had escaped. When the coat was returned to him, he found that his purse, cantoning £1 6s, was missing, but whether it had dropped out, or was abstracted by some person, it is impossible to say. Besides being a hardship, the loss is ail the more annoying seeing tliat Mr Bateman was risking his life in his anxiety to save others. If the purse has been picked up, no doubt it will be returned to the owner. An unusual situation arose at the Synod yesterday afternoon. All the business on the order paper was disposed of by 5 o'clock, and unwilling to lose a whole evening, the President suggested that permission should be given for a motion relating to the Jubilee. Points of order were immediately raised, and finally it was ascertained that a certain standing order must be suspended, that the question must go to a division, and that the numoer of members voting must be at least half of the two orders, respectively, on the roll. A motion to suspend the standing order to permit of a motion relating to the Jubilee was proposed, but exception being taken to the limitation, the last portion was withdrawn, it being left to the honour of members not to introduce any subject other than the particular one understood to be discussed. There was utdli difficulty ahead. Who was to ask for the division? The President said he would. Then a member contended that that would be tantamount to a veto, and to obviate that possibility the member speaking undertook the duty. The Douiot taken resulted in the ayes being clergy 42 out of a possible 64; laity 27 out of a possible 50. The tellers for the noes held a sinecure. Big reduction in first prize Hams and Bacon at Kincaid's G.l.C.—Advt. Wedding and birthday presents. Beet assortment, lowest prioe. Fletcher Bros., High street.—Advt. Nimmo and Blair—Agents, Fletcher Bros., High street.—Advt. At Dunedin, on the 11th inst., the wellknown Waverley bicycle was again to the front, and was successful in annexing tbe Wheel Race of 25 soys, and on the 12th met. was again successful in winning the Druid Wheel Race at Amberley of 15 sots. Inspection of new models requested at Waverley Bicycle Depot, 217 Colombo street, Chrietchurch. 123 Morris, photographer, from Dunedin, personally taktt all tbe portraits in Colombo street. Call and see new specimens.—(Advt.) Tall and Short Cyclists—Wβ can build machines to suit any height of riders, 12 to 32-inch frames, uau prioe m stock nuMbinee. Send for a oaUlogue. Oetes, Lowry and Co., 82 Manchester street, Christchuroh. 5 MAP OP SOUTH AFRICA. To-day, and during the continuance of the war, a large map of South Africa will be displayed in a front window of the office of this paper. Tbe positions of the British and Boer forces will be marked on the map by red and green flags, and the public will thereby be able to see the progress of the war from day to day.