NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10636, 21 April 1900, Page 7

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The auction advertisements of F. C. Tabart, Macfarlane and Honian. John Ingram, Donald Reid and Co., Ltd., W. R. Harding, F. S. Malcolm and C. D. Thomas, H. B. Sorensen, Wm. Buss, Ayers, Baggs and Co., National Mortgage and Agency Co., North Canterbury Co-operative Association, and J. H. Bethune and Co. will be found on page 11 of this issue.

A man who expressed strong pro-Boer sentiments in a street at Port Douglas (Queensland) recently was roughly handled, and afterwards covered with tar.

The Governor and Lady Ranfurly gave a garden party yesterday" at Auckland to members of branches of the (Mothers' Mission. ' Over 6CO invitations were issued.

At a special meeting of the East Christchurch School Committee, Miss Ruth Gilmour, of Kaiapoi School, was recommended to the Board for appointment as assistant mistress. All the members of the committee were present.

According to a Wellington telegram, efforts to settle matters in dispute between the Wharf Labourers' Union and the employers have been futile, and the Conciliation Board is to be asked to decide.

Evidence of the large number of sharks near Napier just now is conveyed in the fact that a fisherman at the Port, who set a small net just outside the pier heads, caught between thirty and forty sharks of assorted sizes, averaging from three to four feet in length.

At a special meeting of the St. Albans School Committee, for the purpose of selecting a second assistant mistress in place of Miss Chaplin, resigned, Miss Newman, at present mistress of the Hinds Side School, was chosen.

Miss Robson, having resigned the position of mistress of the Dalbeg school, the Committee, at their last meeting, passed a resolution receiving her i-agnation with regret, and expressing high appreciation of her work.

In tbe list of inventions and patents for last week, it is notified that complete specifications have been accepted from Mr W. C. Gee, Christchurch, for check action to Venetian blinds, and provisional specifications from Mr R. H. Nightingale, Christchurch, for a method and bricks for protecting walls from damp and ventilating buildings.

Tie Wanaka's mail, from Newcastle, etc., was sent to. Christchurch in time for delivery to the private boxes last evening. Tho mail bags, after being fumigated for twenty-four hours, were taken to Quail Island, where the letters were subjected, by a postal officer, to a further fumigation by being spread on wire netting frames over patent fumigators, under which sulphur was burning in pans.

Captain A. A. Foots, of the Ashburton Fire Brigade, has received a letter from the postal authorities, Wellington, stating that the report made on the circumstances attending the fire w*uch partially • destroyed the post and telegraph premises at Ashburtion, very favourably refers to the services then rendered by the' Brigade, and the Post-master-General, in addition to expressing his thanks for the very creditable work performed, sends the sum of £10 to the funds of the Brigade.

The Builders' Association give two scholarships for annual competition, each being tenable at the School of Art for one year. They are open to apprentices injhe trades of carpentery, masonry, and brickwork, one being for those over eighteen and under twenty, and one for those under eighteen. The result of the competition recently held _ as follows: —Senior, Albert Leonard WiHsteed (apprenticed with H. J. Otlev, builder); junior, Albert .Kingsford (apprenticed with Rennie and Pearce, builders). '

Christmas Day, 1905, will be the jubilee ftf'the Avonsid® parish, the Church of the Holy Trinity having been opened on that day in the year 1855. The .parish has a special fund' for re-building the church, which now amounts to £173 7s 4d, and,last night the Rev. Canon Pascoe expressed the opinion, which was endorsed by his parishioners, that they could have no better celebration of the jubilee than the commencement of the new building, if they were n«t then in a position to complete it.

At a public dinner on- Thursday evening Mr W. Buss, Rangiora, announced' he had heard that steps were being taken to send a vessel laden with farm produce from North Canterbury to South Africa. Mr E. W. Relph, manager of the North Canterbury Co-operative Stores Company, stated the rumour was so well founded that half the cargo was now ready. The Company had difficulty owing to the plague in getting supplies to Sydney, and for that reason the directors of his Company had thought it well to make a trial shipment to South Africa. The announcement was received with much satisfaction by all present.

The Executive Committee of the Canterbury Horticultural Society met last night to complete arrangements' for the Winter Show. A member of the Committee offered a special prize of £1 Is for a collection of dahlias, this was alloted to the nurserymen's class. Mr H. Forward's pr_e of £1 for a collection of vegetables was also placed for the same class. The Hon. Secretary reported that he had received a number of promises of exhibits of flowers, especially of chrysanthemums, and that the competition for fruit should be good as the best growers were competing. It was decided to communicate with the Director of the Agricultural College asking him to forward collections of fruit and vegetables if he could conveniently do so.

The monthly meeting of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday, Mr J. H. Frostick, president of the Chamber, being in the chair. Correspondence was read as under:—From the Auckland Chamber on the subject of pillage of cargo, and tbe payment of duty on the same, and asking the co-operation of the Chamber in endeavouring to put a stop to the It was decided to support the action of the" Auckland Chamber, to write to the ~**r**ister of Railway!?, asking him to take steps to detect cases of pillage, and also to the delegates in London at the Conference of Chambers, asking them to bring the matter under the notice of the exporters. From the Devonport Trades Association, thanking the Chamber for their action in connection with trading stamps. From Mr H. G. Ell, M.H.R.. stating that he was thoroughly in sympathy with the action of tbe Chamber, aud if the Government did not introduce a Bill on the lines of the Victorian measure he would do so. It was decided to thank Mr Ell for his letter, and to refer the Victorian Bill to the Manufacturing Sectional Committee for their consideration. It was decided to ask the Produce Committee to meet to decide upon the standard samples of grain for the season.

A man was arrested yesterday, charged with deserting h:s v.iie.

A consignment of eighteen French partridges arrived at Inverciargill on Wednesday for the Southland Acclimatisation Society.

A proposal has been made to organise a Farmers' Union in the North Canterbury district to undertake bacon curing.

Mr J. Embling, general manager of the Bank of New Zealand, will be in Christchurch to-day on a tour of inspection.

The Lyttelton Harbour Improvement Committee sat yesterday to consider applications for positions on the dredge "Manchester." Over 200 have been received from" all parts of the colony.

A Wellington telegram states that local fanciers are agitating against the edict of the City Council that fowls cannot be kept within the city boundary. The Council will hear a deputation on t_e subject at next meeting.

A meeting of those whose names had been selected by the Committee of the Christchurch Fife Police was held last night at the City Council Chamber. Mr C. M. Gray presided. The application to the City Council for acceptance of the services of the proposed force was signed by those present.

Mr J. H. Witheford informed his audience at Auckland one evening last week that in a conversation he had with Sir George Grey shortly before that statesman's death. Sir George expresed a hope that his statue, if erected, would not be of marble, but of bronze, because marble was liable to disintegration in this climate. «

A brilliant light in the eastern sky was seen by several residents of Linwood at halfpast five yesterday evening. The light, which lasted for several seconds, and was quite stationary, was low in the sky, of a reddish hue, and much larger than an ordinary star.

"The New Zealand Wheelman" suggests that a team of three,men, instead of only one man, should be sent to represent New Zealand in cycling championships in Paris, and names as the proposed team G. Sutherland (Christchurch}, E. Reynolds (Auckland), and J. Chalmers (Wellington!, or W. Tierney (Auckland). The amount required will be about £300, and the "Wheelman" has issued a circular to various cycling clubs urging that subscriptions should be raised at once for that object.

An unintentional lapse on the part of a gentleman proposing a vote of thanks at a parish meeting last night caused considerable amusement. He absentmindedly referred to the vote as a toast, and though corrected, fell into the error" again when concluding, by expressing the pleasure it gave him to couple a young gentleman's name with the toast of the ladies. The vicar interposed that the speaker was really out of order, out the proposer replied that Ms vote was usually associated with toasts, and he hoped that when the refreshments, that evening, were handed round, the ladies would not be forgotten. The ladies themselves appreciated this gallant allusion to their work.

The recently-opened settlements of Punaroa (Fairlie), Papaka (Levels)', and Rautawiri (Winchester) have been divided into 17, 9, and 6 sections respectively. Applications for these were received" simultaneously on Thursday at the Christchurch Land Office, at Timaru, and at Fairlie. About 200 applications were made for the thirty-two sections. The Land Board meets at Christchurch, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday next; at Timaru on Wednesday, and at Fairlie on Friday, to examine applicants as to their suitability to take up" the land for which they are "applying. The ballot for Punau-a will be taken at Fairlie on the 27th, and for Papaka and Rautawiri at Timaru on Saturday, the 28th inst.

The "Daily News" states that there is a great dearth just now of toy-soldiers. Any public excitement arising out of eventß of general interest is apt to be reflected in nursery toys, and this is especially the case with military excitement. .Any war, wherever it may be, is sure to create a demand for miniature cannons, swords, guns, tents, and soldiers; but it seems to be generally allowed that the demand this time ds quite unprecedented. "We could send out £1000 worth of metal ; soldiers to-day," said the representative of one large wholesale house, "if we could get them. But if we give an. order for 500 gross, we get perhaps five-and-twenrty gross delivered."

The Rev. W. H. Sheppard, an American in charge of the Presbyteriam Mission, at Luebo, Congo Free State, has just formulated' some shocking charges against the Government of that country. According to his story a party of 500 ZappoZaps had been sent by the Free State to collect tribute of ivory and rubber from certain tribes, their orders- being to "make fire" on all who refused an amble supply. That "order, it as alleged, was carried out with vigour. Many men, women, and children had been ruthlessly massacred, and Mr Sheppard, who had gone on a fepecial mission to the disturbed country to get at the facts, counted eighty-one right hands which had been cut off and were being dried in order to show to the State officials on their return 1 The leader, Melumba by came, readily told Mr Sheppard all that had taken place; and (the latter, through the secretary of the Mission Board, has now given the facts to the world.

The chrysanthemum growers who have been most successful at the Christchurch Chrysanthemum exhibition for some years will only show at \ their own show, that on May 2nd and 3rd. 1725

Toi Toi Butter. The favourite Toi Toi is now to be had fresh every day at Kincaia's G.I.C. Advt.

Tea sets complete for six persons 7s 9d, Boxed Dinner Sets (20 pieces) from 12s sd,' 32 pieces from 17s lid, 54 pieces from 26s Bd, Bedroom Sets from lis 9d, Earthenware Cups and Saucers Is lid half dozen, G. and W. China 2s lid half dozen. Fletcher Bros., Crockery Merchants, High street. Advt.

Finest Roller Flonrr £7 per ton, less 2_ for Prompt Cash, at Kincaid's G.I.C. Advt.

Cevlindo Tea at Kincaid's G.I.C. —.Ceylindo* is rich, malty, and fragrant. Prices 1 3 6d, Is lOd, 2s 2d, 2s 6d per lb, at Kincaid's G.I.C. 5992

The new rim brakes, fitted to any make of bicycle for a few shillings. Any hill can be ridden with ease and safety. Oates, Lowry and Co., Manchester street.—Advt. It is a well known fact that seeds produced in this colony are superior in quality to most seeds imported from Britain and j the Continent, and this is demonstrated by | the marked success obtained with them and j grown by Nimmo and Blair, of Dunedin. —; Electric light, electric motors, electric fans electric pumos, electric bells, electric fittings, and all accessories at Turnbull and Jones, 223 Cashel street, every evening, at 7 30. ' If your bicycle needs repairs take it to the experts of the cycle trade. Boyd and Son 191 Gloucester street. Chnstchurch. Price and quality satisfactory. Advt. Almost every second person suffers from some form of Indigestion. What is the cause troubles many, but the cure, u>j so simple and so certain, and stands out alone from all other remedies. It is Loasbys Wahoo.—(Advt.) The value of many patent medicines and medical preparations" sold outside the usual ran of physicians' prescriptions, has been proved by "usage to be too often a» inverse ratio to the length of the advertisements which play such a prominent part tnar sale Heavy advertising means that the purchaser pays for paper as well as physic. Much more effective than the lengthy interviews of undiscoverable persons who have been brought back from the grave by mvterious decoctions, is the simple and voluntary acknowledgment of help received which a* grateful patient will pen in commendation of some remedy which has been used with efficacy. The following, for instance, is one among many such letters received by Mr E. C. "Lane, of Oamaru, with I reference" to his Creasoted Emulsion: —;"Ure street. Oamaru. December 16th, 1896. Mr Lane>—-Dear Sir, —Please give bearer my account, also another bottle of Creasoted Emulsion. It -is really wonderful the difference it has made to" my sister. She is getting quite strong and rosy-cheeked, and says she would rather take your Emu-ion than those horrid iron pills.—Yours, faithfully, D. M. Johnstone." —(Advt.)