NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10540, 29 December 1899, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The express yesterday morning consisted of some eight carriages -with dming-car. There were a large number of passengers, mostly excursionist-*. A man was arrested by Detective Casselh yesterday afte*rooo*n upon a charge of having stolen a Humber bicyde, valued at £24, the property of WiHiam John Hopkins. Upon the -telegram beiu-g received from the Ageofc-General of the deoarture of the dredge Mai-iobester from Cotoinbo, the Lyttelton Harbour Board remitted another £2000 for expenses, The "Tuapeka Tunes" says it has the best authority for stating that Mr John Ewuig, of St. Bathans, is about to be made a member ot s the Upper House. The action of the Fire Brigades' Executive Committee in offering the money voted in aid of «;nding a team to the Paris Exhibition, to the Government in aid of the Transvaal Contingent, alt-hough probably m accord with the feelings of,the managing committee appointed to make the necessary arrangements, is somewhat premature. Toe managing committee has not been consulted on the matter, aad -the question is undoubtedly one for them to decide.

the meeting of th« Qwfficil of the Royal Burette Skwiety, which was to have been wrf yerterday afternoon, was adjourned mm aft* the -holiday** The Waimatc County Council have apijointed Mr M. Kennedy ranger and dog tax collecUir for the Hakateramea and vggeora Ridings, and Mr E. T. George for tit* Pe«P Creek and WaShao Ridings. Qa Thumday a cyclist who attempted to una the Ram*:ora-Oxford train gave it up fodilgust at Bennetts, and had reached Oxford and finished lunch -by the time the train got there* , Ifwro Ist'January a post office will be opened at St. Stephen's Maori Pa, near Ifriapo'. in charg« of Mr D. Cow-grove. y*t W. R'»bison, manager of the Bank of Ho* 8-rt-th Wales, is retiring from tbat -QMitioo. A nu'cting has been convened by ||l Wor-4iip tin- Mayor for the purpose of uykhlg a presentation to Mr Robison. JCr W. S. Short. Chief Clerk in tlie (Ltd* and Survey Department, Wellington, jjtjuit received notice that he was sue-jLif-jI >n the University examinations, * hsw\ in November, in passing his final ex-mi*-ntion in law entitling him to admission o*§ folic i tor. An oW Wai mate identity, Mr Frederick Hafb M > < *' e '* on tm! *- 7tl '* in * ,tar * t - He had t b|M, *•*•' ll ***ort time ago. connected with •jnihlf** in Wainwite for over thirty years, g| foreuiaii and manager in the busiL. Price, and afterwards in buaiDlgton his <>wii account. Excellent portrait* of Mr IL P. Murray- i Ajfslej, the oldest member and a former ; mrident of the Cunterbiu-y A. and P, AsJojUtiou, luid of Air W. Recce, the past asssju]snt, lihvp been added to the collection of portrait"* of ex-presidents of the Society bi th* Secretary** offices. '"The rircnlating and reference departments If the Public Library will be closed from 111 to 6th January, both inclusive, for »n----ggil itocktitking. The reading room will fee dosed on sth and 6th January for anjpturi cleaning. We understand that Mr Rolleston hopes •hortly to i>uy a visit to tbe Old Country, irhlch he has not Been for more than forty fitr*. Ue has still a number of relations and schoolfellow* and College friends* alive, . -pith whom ho has been in communication from time to time. He. hopes to be back ty Canterbury by the end of tlie year. '.' Sir Charles Hull, of Sydenham,. second master of St. Album* tchuol, and secretary of tho Educational Institute, was married -mfcrdaf at Ht. Mattliew's Church, Bt. Aftatu, to Mm Lucy Mann, daughter of tbt late Mr John Mann, ot Shiiiey road flttn, The ceremony was conducted by the JWv. H. Williams, vicar of St. Matthew's. Mill Speight, the organist, played the Wedding March" as the bride and bridegroom left the church. gevaral members of the Zealandia Rifles (VfttUngton), who returned last night from tiU Dunedin Military Tournament, were played to their hotel by the Garrison Band, an attention which tlicy highly appreciated. Xb#y won tlie marching competition in the •botWn capital, and after having marched t# the music of almost every garrison band south of Auckland, unite in the opinion that tht Christchurch Garrison Band is far and itay the beet. ■- Christmas Presents.—The moat approprlate Christmas present you can make to your friends is a handsome tea-caddy, full «f CeyUndo Tea. Kincaid's G.I.C. Bpencsr Vincent has still a large number ol handsome preienta to give away. Every ewrtomer this week will rcoaive one, 2721 Satisfaction guaranteed with every kind of repair to alt daagea and make* of bicycles •t Boyd and Son, 191 Gloucester street, Chriftchurch. Telephone 668. 2211 Corks Is gross, 9-Jd by the bale; hops ' U3d t ginger la Fletcher Brat., High , Morris, photographer, from Dunedin, Mnonally takea aU the portraits in ■ Colombo street. Call and see new spoci- , mens.—(-Advt.) Juvenile bicycles, suitable tor children from ! Jour to tea years of aga, Dunhp tyrm>W<*t- t wmd rims, and beautifully finished. Sea- . athkprMenU for Christmas and "Sew r !¥ear. Oates, Lowiy and Co., Christchurch.-—Advt. '