NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10575, 8 February 1900, Page 5

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Mr Alexander Jardine, solicitor, died at Weftington yesterday, from Iwart trouble. The friends of Mr John Doyleston will regret u> learn that bis condition ia still uritioal. His Excellency Earl Beauchamp, Governor of New South Wales, accompanied by Captain W. Smith. A.D.C., andseveral servant*, arrived from Dunedin by the expres* last night, and is at Coker'* Hotel. He proceeds to Wellington by the Zealandia twday. The Governor's carriage was u«od to bring the Vice-regal party up from the Sooth. There we* "a breeze" at a meeting of the Ashburton Hospital Board, held on Tuesday, to adopt the new by-laws. Several members Wt the room, and the Chairman tendered his resignation. Volunteers who are now under canvas at the Drill Sited gronnde, Ashburton, were out early yesterday morning, and under the commend cf Lieut. Colonel Bailey, proceeded to ti» nfle range for roller firing. An inspection parade was held W evening, when there ra a good mutter of both companies. There was * good ateendanoe of visitors at the School of Art yesterday. To-day it will again be open, and In the evening tomorrow the members of' the Painters , Union are invited to inspect the work of the etadeota. Nw Zealand hoa gained since 1892 19,196 persona by interchange with Australia dirwt, and 7631 from %kwd direct, besides 669 from other British poasesskna. To f«tagn ports tbere was, howerer, a net low of 71 parson*. Mr R. B. Ross, of Tβ Aroba Railway Bt*taOD, Auckland, ha* bean, promoted to tatas charge of the Lincoln Station, Canterwiry, and wee entertained a* » dinner in the Gwand Hotel, Te Aroha, on the eve of tun departure from tie dietriot. Mr Raekley, of Christchuroh, has been appointed atatioraixuMer at Te Arolha. Tie Auckland City Council have decideS to aafc Mr B. L. Mettejwr, of Wellington, for a report upon a water enpplyitiheme ! for Auckland. * I The A*bifcr«tion Court 1» to sit In, Aucklend about the middle of March, when the <H«pofa» in the carrierß , , eaddOere', carpenters, , aj*J bootmaker*' trade* will be eeUfod. The Woodeftd Bcbool Committee have vojecl fur Mean* l>. McMift&n. Goo. Bheat, Mud W. J. fiilcock fpr the Board of Educatioa. The BroadfieW Sdhool Committee have voted for Mtrnn Hoary G. Baker. D , Bttddo, and D. McMillan, fan, A man wae'errested by Detective Coisells yestewiay, charged with vagraocv, A staa wrestad at Gwnwa*h a few days ago to brought to Chriatemwch yeetenfay, charged with being; about to leave the colony without making adequate provision for the future majuteoance of hi* unborn aUesritimtiedbild. The "O*maru MaiT understands that the | New Zealand Alliance hare kurtaructed Mr A. S. Adam* to .move in the Supreme Court to have the recent decMon of the S.M. in the recent Oamaru local option wll petition set aside. * ! As showing how much ttheep. have improved kt mine, it may be mentioned that » lit* of fanUforod ewas were cold «ix years ago ue jrix-ioothe «t 6» 6d, «nd changed **nd» at Addkngfaw yesterday at 10s 7d, being stow tarn years old. ( The nuisance of cycles on the dttewalk i* becoming more pronounced, more particuliriy when two or three ladies stop to look at b, partictijarly pretty drew or bonnet' in draper's shop window. Aβ, however, the new by-taw ie now in force, it may be a* well to call their attention to clause 6. It »» M fallows :~"No pe»on shall ride, drire, wapel, or wb«el any bieyole along any footpeth. . A« ibe <kt* of tiie N.Z.A.A.A. , * Champwiehip Meeting, IWaroary 17th, will be ato» tine of t*o dWtore of the Contingent of Soudt Rid«re, j* wm propoeed to poatpoao tfce former for a week. Enquiriw MBtte made, it win found that t&e cricket Httfen, VicfcorJft r. Wefiington, commence* «« BVhruary and ti» Four*. Contweer* ara lUusiy to feave on Marob 3rd, therefore it ira» decided to iet ti» Champmwirip Meetiag proceed <n isbe originai date, Febnwry lftit. _ Greater romances thafl the pegging of tl* {W. A.) mines by Brooiman, tfcere »» bow (ao-re the "Bulletitt"). Six years *&> W. O. Bwokmon left Adelaide &t the he»d of the Kalgoorlie Prospecting Syndicate, capital £150. Paasogee, camels, and . mtkKM felt little by the time the syndicate's Fwpector reacbed Haitui's. To cut a long **«ry abort, that £150 syndicate secured the Boeder, Iraehoe, Associated, Lake View Oonecto, I,ake View Eaet, Sooth and Exteadnd Oroya, and other mines, aggregating m market value to-day £21,000,000. The KAlgoorlki ininee employ 6500 men and pay £28,000 weekly in wagee—meetly on the avow acquired by the Brookman Syndicate. KzclißJve of alluvial, Kalgoorlie has pro*wed 1,584,3220 i; and 728,159<a (<x nearly ImOI the total yield) has been produced in ten months of lart year. To coaa wiUi & rapidly inweaeing trade the Anglo-New Zmiand Cyd* Oompeey will ogm at tflie end of tfcw week an edditioaal wew-rotan <u»id work shop Mat 236 High ■ttaefe. Tie pmtajmm en now in the de«r*6ur's hoods, ami wil be stocked with a «H» aworttamt «f Swaps, bdto, et«., and a fta rwsge of Hiunhar, AngJc-SpeoW, and Oeawnd cj-dai. The pabfo are*is»vit«d to tnepect tim new "Angfc*" shop. 1396 Bvwy day Mr E> O. Lane (chemist of vMoaro) reoeivee mforajcwi to the value of W« eraaaoted emukkm of cod liver oil. Wβ etw been aliown a letter written by * douw,. in which be states that be treated a case <« (socummpttoa with Lane's oresaoted emultwo. and was glad to say that after a course of treatment the patient had improved fCns»Uy. The sputum bad diminished, the ongn was km, the night sweating bad al- »«•» utopoed, and the weigh* had increased •wee a: eight pound*. 41 Lady cydiste on a long trip know the wmkig power of the e&n. She knows it Fewocea exhaustion after a long ride. Daw «J» know that Loacby's Kooiibah wiU core "«f BHiscle soreness with one application? HAdvt.) Qffwtmas Preaent».--Th« most approSnate Chrwtmae present yoe can make to w, y«» friends is a handsome tea-caddy, foil of OBylindo Tea. Kmceid'e G.T.C.— (AirL) 'Jte best place for Bicycle repairs is Boyd *W» Son, Oloucester etreefc, Carietcharok 653. Quick dispatch, best work, «a«»able prioes. 5308 Tumblers 2s 6d dtwen, jam and jelly W« from 2s 6d doaws. Fletcher Brc*, W»ck«ry Herchante, High street.—(Advt.) Mania, photographer, from Dnnedln, I** ,o *!!/ takes all tie portrait*- ia OOlaad^^^-l

One hundred and two small deposits, in sums from 2d to £7 15s 6d, were unclaimed last year m the HokitOw Savings Bank, these moneys being balance, of accounts. Regulations have been made for netting trout in the fakes of Sooth Canterbury, between the dates of October Ist and April 15th. Tender, from the Vacuum Oil Company for supplying 1000 gallons of castor oil at Auckland, 2000 at Wellington, 2000 at Lyttelton, and 3000 gallons «t Port Chalmers, at 2a 4Jd per gallon, for the railways, have been accepted. Alexander McCaxron, residing at Ranfiora, who fell off a dray load ot straw on londay afternoon, died yesterday morning from the effects of his injuries. An inquest will be held. An A.B. named Rankin, of H.M.S. Ringdove, who was a prisoner on board H.M.S. Tauranga, on a charge of insubordination, escaped about midnight en Tuesday. He was in hospital on board the Tauranga. On Tuesday night a woman, who was a steerage passenger by the Botomahana, fell from the gangway as ahe Was going on board. Mr Peter EaJam lost no time in getting into the water, and succeeded with much difficulty in rescuing her from her dangerous position. The discordant sound of bells which has filled the air for the past two days, was very much in evidence -yesterday. iSot only was very strict compliance paid to the terms of the by-law, but in season and out cf season cyclists rang and jangled till the noise became a positive nuisance. There were last week eight bankruptcies in the colony, namely a saddler at Opotiki, a bootmaker at Auckland, a draper at Masterton, a blacksmith at Petone, a produce dealer at Papanui, a butcher and baker at ArrowtowD, a farmer at Popotunoa, and a labourer at Invercargill. In tho Hat of inventions and patents, comElete specification- have been accepted; from >c. W. Morris, Christchfirch, for locking wheels of bicycles, etc Provisional specifications are accepted from Mr H. Dal ton, of Sydenham, an invention for rolHng metal tubes. -Five per_-ona for the full amount were granted by Mr Beetham yesterday. One was refused, aa the property of the applicant exceeded the net ainpunt allowed by the Act. Five were reserved for further investigation. In three oases the applicants did not appear. There ore 115 renewal application- set down for Friday next. , A rather sensational shooting case took place at QrmondviDe the other evening. It is stated that tb» affair happened at the rear of Mr Alexander Morten_en's residence. A young lady staying with the Mortems_n3 thought to surprise her host, who is a butcher at Ormandville, as he came home to tea. She accordingly took up a -mail-bore rifle that was in tho house, and not knowing that it was loaded, presented it at Mr Marten_en as he came round the corner of the house, and pulled the trigger. The aim was not bud for a lady, for the bullet lodged in Mr Morteneen's left arm. The lady was much shocked when she realised what eha had done. The sufferer was driven to D___t-virke, where the bullet was extracted, and no ill effects are expected to ensue. Between eighty and ninety residents of Papanui met the members for Rioc-rten and Avon at the local Town Hall, the other evening, and at some length placed before them the complaints of the district about the haadequacy of the accommodation at the Papanui Railway Station for goods and passenger traffic, and the inconvenience and unsuit&biiity of the present system of postal, telephone and telegraph arrangements. Dr. Brittdn presided. The statements placed before the members by the meeting have already been published in these columns. Messrs Ru_-_U and Tanner promised to do their best to have the grievances redressed, and to bring the complaint, under the notice of the Minister of Railways when he was in Chr_rtchurob, beside, trying to arrange with him to visit the station* and receive a deputation of the residents. Spencer Vincent has still a large number of handsome presents to give away. Every customer this week will receive one. 27.1 Lady cyclista on a long trip know the ■' burning power of the sun. Sha knows it produces exhaustion after a long ride. Does i she know-that Loasby's Koolibah will cure her muscle soreness with one application? —{Advt.) Cycle thieving stopped. Oates, Lowry! and Co. have just received 1000 pairs of the new combined trouser clips and cycle lock; Is 6d per pair, posted to any address. Also, 500 foot pumps at 6s each.—(Advt.) Corks la gross, 9_d by the bale; hops la 3d; ginger Is. Fletcher Bros., High strejt.—(Advt.) • j Of all the pains that suffering humanity is heir to, lumbago is entitled to a front place. Sufferers from this complaint will be glad to Iknow that Loaaby's Koolibah cured Mr S. Gl. Smith, J.P., Dunedin, after everything else Mled.—-(A*>v_.) I