NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10538, 27 December 1899, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

*" - f^-1 The election for a member of tie Borough Council took place ye«t«nW™ resulted as follows:-. Air Hughes $ Lord 41. There was one informal VQtJ," ,ff M j ?• •R: Pine hns consented t,o be iorf 7 "* natcd for the vacancy on the New Council, caused by the reugnat.oif3?'*. J. Thompson. *-i ,v<*i At a general meeting of the CantwW s ' Section of the Yew ZeTland M.diS cmtion, the following officers were «£s£* the year:-President, Dr. R. W son; vice-presidents, Dr Ham fiwlKiT and Dr. PC. Fenwick; tSi^gjg Gane ' "' " """' sewi^ 'Sb^J ■ The Hon. C. C. Bowen and "Messrs M'lverrow and S. Percy Smith have W elected Governors of the New fatad lEtiH" tute, to represent the incorporated j t , ! KTew Zealand politics are evidently Dtrong pomt with the Austral Viiti rt k - * recent issue the "Sydney Mornin* Ifata*?* Wys: -"Captain Bundr, majority JSjfi *i ' Rolleston for Biccarton, is only » O n* - fax!" ««-■£,. _ Under the present excellent wgajfttlwis af Inspector Soutli the despatch of «» d»2 * for the courcs was ir-macttl VttteftJa* - without any hitch or trnitble. , ; Xto j aro now getting into the meH»d r e*d; w. i> trouble is experienced even when, aUas the- * case to-day, there is a lftrjjeM»uttiWtrame. f lt In the balloting for land, forhm* \avf fr*. quently favours tie fair ses. Por two waione * of 281 and 278 acres respectively, new Tat-' hape, in the Awarua country,* there wert *■ sixty-seven applications. At the ballot two -? ~ ladies, one married and one single, were roe. * cessful. ( . , An incident illustrative of how the pn< ? sent state of affairs in connection with the, i war has stirred the patriotism even of very*""! young New Zealand, occurred on Saturday, "' A gentteman gave his two children a shilling -' each to purchase some Christina's gift for themseCves. After « little while they both ,V came to him and asked to he allowed to con-,- -* tribute their shillings to the Patriotic Fund. The daughter of the manager of fht't Johannesburg Gasworks hejps'us to realised wliat the statement that "30,000 people Johannesburg in throe months" means.-?!; "Many a fortune," she write* to a friend. ~W "could have been made here if folks had only |£ had the necessary cadi to buy tip and store it away ,and sell it again after thai?' trouble is over. People had been selling furniture, a house full, juet for a £5 note." .'ss It is the opinion of Mr W. H. Field, •s*s candidate for the Otaki seat, that there mnrt''"-? in, the near future, in connection, with tbt §, completion cf the main trunk linos of ralhrajK'/ji be a ferry service across Cook Strait from ~J? Picton to some place north of Hemtbiti, «&£ avoiding the Terawhiti rip. That place, he- .-' said, must be Porirua harbour. Theciatajce <•! would have to , be improved, and Ufeft leading* ;?: place would probably be Paremata. "What,*? about Titahi?" queried an elector at Porinj&jspj a suggestion which was greeted with -i laughter. „ Christmas Eve was kepb up on SaturdatJ3f evening with plenty of fun. and energy by W)*o. young folk of Sumner. Mr Watson s s atonfm PhiUaps's and Mr Drew's were gaily corated with Chinese lanterns and and in the evening fireworks were let oft the youngsters in the street in front of the Post Office, culminating, on the arrival of % the tram from Chris>tchurch at ten o'clock/\i as is the custom, in the burning of "coloured *<? fires along tie road for a distance of chains, and a perfect salvo of crackers and rockets. ,5 A very peculiar accident happened at.. ? f Waiuku a few days since. Several howe* were being exercised on the course for the - 1 races, when a three-year-old pony belonging "$ to Mr M. Hickey crossed its fore*' r < legs and fell, breaking both limbs and fcb srider's (H. Holmes) collarbone. The,tan- ;*. fortunate beast was shot as soon as a gall - ,• was procurable, but in the meantime it af&i-i walked several chains on the stumps of it* ':' fore-legs. '. ; r It is estimated that over 3000 people patted 1 c, through the Christchurch railway etetion „. up to the time of the departure of the ex- " ir presses yesterday morning. At 8,30 a«jn. tKe Druids' 'special/left for Rangiora., at 8.40 c epeciftl for Little River, at 9.T) obe for , t Otarama, at 9.10 the Salvation Army epecial for Papanui, at 9.35 the CutfioW F^ o [~ for Rangiora, and at 10.5 an extra lor J&w-. 5 poi. These were followed by the twq ex* ><(i presses at 10.20 and 11 o'clock, end *$*?&■ whiles various trains conveyed escnrtion>*» ,\" to Lyttelton. " - - - ' We have all heard of the old "gatf , tbat ' . that the Dutch had taken Holland W* "Mofusilite" in the Nelson "Mail"),. A c«- ( - respondent from, Moutere way ("^f >* a paratlel "gag" apropos to sympathisert s with the Boers who are stronger in their - feelings than in their geography. He wnt«e j_ —and vouches for the faots— c? follows;— { "A small party of Boer sympathisera were . discussing the war, and indulging n> '. ■warm criticism of the Pnglish, on a : public road not ffity miles from Nelson. Suddenly a Briton came'in s:gnt, who, .« •scenting the battle from afar, , thought Uβ v would have a little joke at the'expense ._* of the anti-British party. So, jrattinff on a very serious look, he walked op to them. n with, 'I say ohaps, what do tomJc. - The Boers have taken Pretoria 1" Instant 4 shout of jubiation from the <*««•,. .:*; •Hooray, by ! We knew they'd do «. -,;$ And the Bnton went on his way.w:tn-fl»\ U tongue in hw cheek, and a smile that wa* : child-hke and bland. This little incident jis strictly true, and may be taken y e» » fair sample of the state of ignorance of Boer sympathisers." *«< The Interprovincial Cycl'ng and Atretic . t -, Race Meeting will be continued at Lancas- ,«., ter Paik at 2 o'clock to-day. JJ"*:" 6 \* 26 events, including the one mile ehampw"' ship, to be decided, and a good * fteroO « l iJ racing should result. ' Christmas Presents—The most appro- -J. priate Christmas present you «an maJte w « your friends is a lundsome U»*M*Y> mi ,J of Ceyhndo Tea. Kincaid's G.T.C. '^ Satisfaction guaranteed with every kind of repair to all classes and makes of bicycJM » at Boyd and Son, 191 Gloucester etwet. -; j Chnstchurch- Telephone 658. - «"■ \ At the Ashburton Amateur Athletic SporU ;>i on the 6th DecemjSer the MW-nwag Waverley again distinguahed iteeii ' winning every .ace. New modelsroa sbo* | at Waverley Cycle Depot, Colombo J«J Christchurdi, or John Orr and Co., . ton, sole agents.—Advt. "|f, Morris, photographer from Dunedin. personally tak« all the P^ 1 * . Cdombo street. Call and see new speel- || mens. —(Advt.) «£& Juvenile bicycles, suitable for four to ten years of age, Dunlopjyres, West. i@& , wood rims," and beautifully finished. sible presents lor Christmas and New "»'W|. OatesfLowryandCo., Christchurch.— , Wire Netting—Largest stock, at,l° : prices, aU sues; fowl netting. 2 »»* »«*£?» f 3ft wide, ljd by coil 100 yds. Fletcta- # Bros., Netting Merchants, High street.— *m (Advt-1 ;°1

A man was um&lfyOembMeVaßxn m r\y yesterday morning, charged with being a lnnitJc at Urge. / A commission has b*«n issued to Captain E. Richardson, of the Temuka Rifle Voluni«h. ' At the Kaiepoi Magistrate's Court on Tutt&av, Mr J. L. Wilson. J.P., presiding, A Nefly, charged with bjing drunk on a railway twin, wtw fined 10s and co*te. About three hundred passenger* arrived by ike finrt train from the South last night, ■ which arrived at Christohurch at half-past nine. Tho express from the South brought number of jussengers, and arrived thortly bcftice t«n o'clock. Mr Dffight Lrm?,n Moody, the wdl-knpwn \nxriain evangelist, whoso death was anjiounceH by cable yesterday, was born at \ o rtWseld, Maseachusctte, on February sth, 183 , ?, Until the age of seventeen he worked ~a » Una, then became a derk in a skos utore in Bo«ton. In 1856, whilst engaged in ective bmtuss in Chicago, ne entered * B -,loiuly into missionary work amongst the pooler cU»«e». He was in the eerrice of Commission during the Civil War- Aiter his fint visit to England, he, with Mr It* &• Sankoy, org;inised a similar leriM of i«ek-doy religious services all over tbr United States. Mr Moody published tertral •O^ 6 * on rel'g'O* l * subjects. Foinitore Sale.—Mr Charles Ckrk odverxiiet ft" nereserved sale to-morrow of useful toSture. ako v. first-class piano. 2599