NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10746, 28 August 1900, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

There were five bankruptcies in the colony last week—a labourer, a fruiterer, two farmers, and a man of no occupation. Air F. A. - racbean is likely to become manager, and Mr Wm. Hume, teller, of the Bank of New Zealand at Rangiora. The fall of rain in the North Canterbury district continued during the whole of yesterday, and is greatly" appreciated by th. farmers. The Hon. J. G. Ward, who returned last nig... from a visit to the Hon. John M'Kenzie at Shag Point, found him much improved and very cheerful. About ten o'clock last night an alarm of fir rt whicu on investigation proved false, was given from bos 20, at the corner of Barbadoes and Armagh streets. In response to a requisition, the Mayor of Sumner has convened a, meeting of ratepayers for Thursday evening next, to conside fire brigade and other matters. When the .presentation was made in Ashburton to Mr J. H. Pauling, who is leaving for Masterton, it .was stated that he ha_ been in 'Messrs Read and Gray's continuously for over seventeen years: Mr.George Hall-burton stated that he himself had been in the employ of the same firm continuouslj for forty-four years, having been engage. ,by the senior partner, Mr James Gray, beI fore leaving Scotland.

His Worship the Mayor reported a mos'. despicable and senseless piece of larrildnisrri last night. It appears tliat on Friday night the Garrison Baud played in the Rotunda. Between then and) Saturday morning the floor of the Rotunda was torn up and the ga. meter turned on, resulting in a loss to th« Council of same 60,000 ft of gas, or a value of some £25.

Judging "from the evidence given in the Supreme Court yesterday in the,dental case, the practical examination for _ dentist- is somewhat easy. "I was only asked to model up a full set for a vulcanite plate," was the reply given by a witness when asked as to what was the practical part of his examination. "I was never asked to. do any filling," was the concluding statement- on this point.

_.. large number of the College Rifles were on the railway station last night to meet Trooper P. T. Shand, a member of the Second Contingent and a member of the College Rifles, who arrived by the Waikare, and was expected to reach Chris-church by the South express last night. He did not arrive, and ifc is presumed that he transhipped into the Monowai, to arrive to-day from Dunedin.

On Saturday evening, at a social held in tlie Aylesbury schoolroom, the residents bade farewell" to Mr A. V. Sims, who has been schoolmaster for nine years, and who has recently been appointed to the Courtenay school. Mr W. Harwood, chairman oi the School Committee, presented Mr Sims witn a clock, and Mrs Sims was presented with a handsome silver teanot.

Enoka Taitea Hokepa,, one of the oldest Maori chiefs in the Wellington district, is dead, and according to the "Post," a great tangi is being held at Waiwetu, Native.. from Tara.i!aki and Hawke's Bay are amongst those present. The deceased was a fine type of the Maori race. He took a prominent part in the Maori Carnival held on the Basin Reserve, Wellington, a few months ago in aid of the Patriotic Funds. Messrs A. E. Peache, J. Harrison, X. : Patton. W. T. Doak, A. Har%-ey, John Hood, j. "Murray, R. Kane, W. Easton,and others have placed a handsome memorial stone grave of the late Mr A. Lavery, who died at Mount Some. - on October 31st, 1898, and who Was a very old and esteemed resident in the district. 'The stone was prepared and carved by Mr Easton, and was erected at the grave in the Mount Someis cemetery last Thursday. - At a meeting of the Ashburton A. and P. Association, held on Saturday, the question of altering the date of the show from November 2nd __.. the subject of considerable discussion. A motion was finally carried fixing Tuesday, October 25rd, as tha date. The alteration of the date was deemed necessary in order to avoid clashing with the owning of the Christchurch Exhibition and the running of the New Zealand Cup. At last night's meeting ot the Linwood Borough Council, a circular was received from the Gore Borough Council in reference to the provisions in the Municipal Corporations Bill dealing with hospitals and charitable aid, pointing out that if such provisions became law nearly the whole of tbe cost would be saddled on municipalities. The letter was received, and it was decided to reply that tbe Mayor, as chairman of the North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board, had had a letter sent to members of Parliament for tbe district, pointing out the defects complained of by the Gore Borcugh Council.

According to the "Post," it transpired during a debate on shorthand reporter- in the House that some twelve large-hearteu liberal-minded members of the House each subscribed half-a-crown per week towards the cost of engaging a young lady shorthand and typewriter to attend to their correspondence. Such careless extravagance {observes the "Post"> speaks well for the prosperity of the country, and will no doubt prove a strong temptation to many private citizens to enter public life. A correspondent writing to that journal on the same subject, says that a more flagrant case of sweating it would be difficult to imagine. The following nomination., have been received by the Returning Officer in connection with the annual elections of C_ty councillors : —North-west Ward, Cr. C. M. Gray; North-east, Cr. W. E. Samuels* South-west, Cr. G. D. Morris; Richmond, Cr. Loughnan. Much to the regret or las fellow councillors, Cr. Kincaid has announced his intention of not again c<*?"J& forward for election for the South-east WartThe election of three councillors f « r *^ c borough of St. Albans, in place of Cfi>. Neate, Keig and Jackman, who ret,l ?Jjf rotation, will take place on September l|t_u The nominations must be sent in by "September 4th. Tha election of four.councillor, for Sydenham, in place of Crs. JohMOO, Jacques, *Meikleham and Taylor, will *# held on September 13th, and nominations ! must be sent in by September 6tl__

Mr W. Pearc.. formerly Inspector of Nuisance under th<> Drai .:i-i< Board in the rifv. H.jo h.i-« ht.n a re. ;<1.... ot' ('iiiiterbury f, v over for iv y*ui. , died yesterday morning. It is ini.lfiM■'<>*'• that (tie contract for the Roman < . th-flic C ninth-a! has bsen let to a I.unedin iinn for £40,000 on the plans pr«K pared by Mr Pet re. The Dunedin "-Star" learns that a resident ,1 that oily, well known in the drapery business, hi- ..Hen h. ir to a handsome legacy— runoiUfC into fiv_ figures. Tiie trnd'r cf K. W. Mills and _•<,. lias be.n accepted lor tho supply of the at. tor oil, about I;.. (.GO ;; .lions, to tii. New Zealand railway.--. :.V 2. 10"; a per gallon. * At th. K-'.iyioi Magistrate's Court yc.-t.r-dav. a. j ii.iiihiti' v (.fdiT against J. Dickie wa ." ixswt-ci »»y Messrs .Moore and Fekhviek, J si*. Tia' Kiv. F. S.ubb*. of Cust. preached at Lincoln ou Sunday fur the Rev. A. M. Wrik'lit, who still lits'in an extremely weak condition. A lank.v match between ladies' teams, K_" Ora iChrist.hurchl and Hinemoa (Kaiapoi) played on the ground of the latter, ended in a draw, each side having secured one goal. The- ]>-.)!he 1.."., that there are a number 3 f oroniiKi-nt "eincksmt-n" who are well kn.-Ti to the atilhoritie. in town at the pr.tf.nt tinie, and their numbers ore being added to eaili week. They art* evidently attmeted by th_ approaching Jubilee tiesTrie Mayor of Linwtr.d brought up the question of th» Victoria Lak. at the meeting of tin- Domain Board ye. unlay. He teems iv think that the Botuil might do more in connect ion with the clearing of the lake than they are at present doing. The Chairman . .plained that the Hoard intended to ] M y. the nor'-west crs to wither up the routs of tlie wet-ds. The Hon. C. C. Bowen mad. a vigorous--ro-Icst ve-terday at th. Domain Hoard meeting against the putting sewage into the river, a_d pointtd out that the op'.n drain in the Park had now b?come, owing to the growth .{ tho population ot Addington. a means ©[ conveying --fensive drainajo into the river. He urgrrl that the City Council should, in the interests of the public, be communicated with to prevent the practice which . a. now so general, of other than Bttrtiii wut<;r finding it., wav into the river.

Mr Justice William... in his charge to the Grand Jury at Dunedin. said that looking at thu character of some of the ca»e«. "if the law allowed it. they might, withoi-t prejudice either to the accused or the pubic have been dealt with summarily by magistrate*. II? understood that a Bill with that object was before Parliament. The Grand Jury endorsed his Honour's remarks. An arrangement has (say. a contemporary) been made between the Government and tho principal freezing works that the charge on butter shall be reduced from 10$ d t.. 7d per bar. The point yet to be decided ix how much of this charge is to be home by tho manufacturer, or shippers. The Gov-niinent propose that one-half or _l,d per box ylm.il l> • charged, but negotiations now in progress may lead to a reduction of this amount. The question of the destructor was, so far n* can Ik. seen, finally settled last nieht by tho City Council. It was rather a peculiar ..inc'd-iic. that th 6 decision of the Council to md. r a p-i-ium-Tit destructor should have b .en come to on the last night of the term o; o-i;c. nf Cr. Morris. Ha was the one to fi.n- introduce the idea of a permanent de-stru.-tt.!*. and tins advocated it pan-latently for a considerable time. The Mayor has succ.-.-ded in making an arrangement with tlr H'-.thcotc Road Board by which per_.ii..icn under certain conditions is given to bury tha rubbish on the nightsoil reserve.

At the Supreme Court criminal sessions in .Auckland. Mr Justice Conolly commented u_<on the immense amouut of crime det-ctcd in Auckland district, there being over forty charges, with fifty indictments. He regretted the large proportion against boys of fourteen to seventeen - curs of age. Tho Judge referred to th- proposal to increase the jurisdiction of District Courts, a . calculated to decrease the labours of the Supreme Conrt judges, but pointed toward- tho abolition of Grand juries. Tho jndtre also regretted the number of charges of indecent conduct.

Th. Mayor of A . .burton {Mr Hugo Friedh.nd.r) interviewed the Hon. J. 0. Ward on Saturd. - . nil urged tTiat the new post otf.ee should be built, on the present post ofik- block, at the corner of Cameron and East street.. He also naked that Ashburton •hould be included in the "nil night" extension oi telegraph hours. The Minister prons_t.l to consider both matters, and stated that he would probably include Ashburton la the all night telegraph list.

The American Tobacco Company are pre-6-fiting to purchasers of "Vanity Fair" cigarette, a charming .souvenir in the form «f buttons in gold ami colours of ''The Defenders of tho Empire." The likeness of RoWm and other British generals are splendid, and ."lionld bo obtained as a memento lor the peace celebrations. 26

Boyd and Son, Gloucester street, are devoting all their large staff and appliances to bicycle repairs. All makes of machines rec_iy . tho same careful and prompt attention. —.Ad?..)

Roys* and j»irl-' bicycles £7 10s and £8 10s each; only a few left. Gates, Lowry and Co., Zealandia Cycle Works, Manchester street. Christchurch. 2088

Seeds that- \rill grow, from Nimmo and Blair. Dunedin. Vegetable seeds 3d per packet, flower seeds Id per packet, seed potatoes (all varieties) at lowest prices. Illustrated catalogues free. Fletcher Bros., agwnts, High street, Christchurch. The trade supplied.—Advt. Mr W. E. Sorrell. the popular photographer, was bully troubled with unbroken chilblains. He soaked his feet in hot water three times, and applied Loasby's Koohbih after each fomenting. Result, a comp'.te core.—(Advt.) Benjamin Gum enjoy* a very large sale in Nsw Zealand, and that its fame is spreading h proved by the fact .hat tho proprietors of the popular cough remedy have this season secured orders from Westralia, Brisbane, AdcUide. Sydney, Melbourne and Fiji. Advance New" Zealand.—(Advt.) Morris, photographer, from Dunedin, personally takes all the portraits in Colombo'street. Call and see new speci-»._«.—(Ad-rt.) Unbroken chilblains almost drive the _uffem. silly. The irritation is ofte_ very 8. «at Loasby's Koolibah relieves a*nn.. t laatantlv. reduces the swelling, and rompktely cures in a very short time. —.Advt) Notwithstanding the large number of cycles dealt with at our great cycle sale, ** still have a number of new and second»md machine- to clear before stock-taking *fc Very tempting prices. We invite inspection at our show-rooms, 226 High street. The Anglo-New Zealand Cycle Co.—Advt. The gentle mind by gentle deeds is «scwti. arsd Black Swan Butter is easily by its quality. Fresh daily. , -Advt. " ! , *> a. prophet be not without honour save »n hi. own country, the rule must be one *'hich j. proved ia the accented manner— hy the exception. The exception we refer tii in Mr E. G. Lane, of Oarnaru, who has _«««.- upon the market a ..pe.-ific for lung twahlea called Lane's Creasoted Emulsion. lbs hon.ur he has received in his own ( -<HH-try is contained in daily-recurring letters acknowledging benefits received from ttie us. of th? pre {.-ration. The following ' , "* o.e irj point:—"Aran street, Oarnaru, Jll! ,. 7th. 1899. Mr Lane,—Dear sir,—l n .ti.a you are publishing testimonials ycu J>ay. rcc.ir. (1 about your emulsion. I wish tf » add mine to the number. My niece, **no wa s suying with mc a little ago, had a had attack of measles, which left her very v.eak and with a bad cough. I gave «* >, .mr en.ub.ion, and it was wonderful how 'luie'Jv »-he recovered. Tb» conga stopped alm ( »t at once, and the way the put on flt-b i* marvellous. When she returned to "£T li-im« her mother would hardly helieve **"* had had ..uylhii.g the matter with her, *na *_id ..he looked better ami was stronger tflan .»t uhe was. Last month my husr '«d caught -a severe cold and had a terrible '"a., i. s ( . more of your emulsion. He say* Je nevor K „t rid oi it cold so quickly. and jiit the emulsion wa. the nicest physic he «w ev.r Ukf... My niece was also very tond ot it.-Yours truly, S. Gibsoa." 7.

Snow fell at Annat on Saturday night and ! during Sunday. For the erection of the dairy produce shed | on the grounds of the Waimate Agricultural and Pa. toral Association, the tender of,Mr J'l .aland. £49 lis, has been accepted. Hi. Worship the Mayor and Mr Charles*' Louisson, the chairman of the Patriotic Fund Committee, have been appointed to pay sum. for relief of cases of need of NewZealand troopers arriving from South AfricaJ connection with t-sfv monial. the lion. sec. requests that all promised ..übscriptions may be paid on or before Monday next, as tlie presentation %vill take place at an early date. The members of the Oxford Domain Board re-appointed are, M.ssrs J. Pearson, J Ingram, J. R. Gorton, A. Wotherspoon, and _•. Crowe, having control over 216 acres racecourse, Re... 1651, and 8a 2r 26p known as Person's Park. In the dentistry cane before the Supreme Court yesterday, tbe plaintiff, who complained that he had not been properly instructed, stated that whenever he could get patients to let him practise on them he did. i Sometimes he was successful and sometimes he was pot. The Commis_ion?r of Police (Mr J. B. j Tunbridge) has directed the attention of the ! Royal Humane .Society to the case of Constable L. J. Cockery, who. on the llth instant, saved two men from drowning, at considerable personal risk, in the WelUngton harbour. A little bit of ancient history cropped up at the meeting of the Domain Board yesterday. when Mr Harman mentioned that he had obtained leave from Mr Godley to cut a drain in the Park to relieve the storm and swamp water off the sections at Addington. Ihis would be either in 1851 or 1852. i The formal opening of the Nelson public abattoir, provided by the City Council, took place yesterday at Stoke. A Press Association tele-gram states that the arrangements are most complete, and Mr Gilruth, who was present, spoke very highly thereof. Several member, of Parliament who arrived from Wellington on Saturday were present. They were driven to Wakefield! during the day,' and the Tutanekai left for Wellington I with the visitors about t=n o'clock.

"The Chris»,_ College- Register" for August ha., a portrait of the late Mr Worthy as a frontispiece. "Letters from .South Airiea" form a prominent and interesting feature. It is touching to read that in a letter to the Rev. F. Hare, written from Modder River on February Btb, the late Lieutenant Neave ended with the words, "I am determined not to disgrace Christ's College in this war, and I hope to do something good." A school which inspires this spirit in its "old boys" is undoubtedly fulfilling its highest mission.

THE PENNY POST,

The Postmaster-General has cabled the Agent-General to have the necessary die prepared in connection with the issue of the universal penny post.

RAILWAY PASSENGER TRAFFIC. A Wellington telegram states that for the four-weekly period ended 18th ins.., 54,340 more railway passengers were carried, representing an increase of £1402 in revenue compared with the corresponding period hist year. Season tickets show an increase of 1378, representing £484 additional revenue.

FALSE TEETH,

"Do your young lady patients object to persons knowing that they have false teeth?" was a question asked by counsel of a witness in the dental case before the Supreme Court yesterday. "Oh yes," was the reply. "W« take all precautions to keep our patients' confidence intact." "Men are frequently far more bashful than young ladies with regard to their teeth" was the testimony given by a dentist of large practice in Christchurch.

HIGH PRICES EN THE CAPITAL,

During the discussion upon the cost of living in Christchnrch and Wellington, at a meeting of the Conciliation Board in Wellington, _h._ Chairman (Rev. J. Crerwes) said no Court could convince nim or any other man who had lived in the two cities, that it was aa aheap to live in Wellington as in Christchurch.

A FREE BRINK.

During the hearing of certain sly-grog-selling cases in the Wellington Magistrate's Court, it was thought necessary, the ''New Zealand Times" says, to give one constable a tasts of tbe contents of a bottle. A sacond constable drew the cork like a pastmaster of the bar, poured out half-a-glas3.ul of the contents, and handed it to the constable in the witness-box. The latter promptly drank it—and the smile that irradiated his countenance proclaimed clearer than oaral evidence that the witness had just partaken of "the elixir of life." Mr Wilford was jocularly invited to imbibe, but he declined, as it was "bo early in. tha morning."

NEW COLONISTS,

The direct liner Kumara is bringing out to the colony from England a party of young men who intend to take up land in the colony. Mr W. Ranstead, on-s of the proprietors of the '"Clarion," has been so favourably impressed by a visit to the colony that he decided to settle here, and accordingly bought some land near Christcnurch, and went Horn© to bring out his family. Mr Ranstead also wrote so enthusiastically of the colony a. a place far men with small capita! and plenty of energy, that he received many enquiries from desirable men in all parts of Great Britain. The result was that he organised several parties of men anxious to come out to the colony, and secured facilities from the New Zealand Shipping Company. Tlie "Post" reports that Mr Ranstead has written to the Labour Department, stating that he will coiae with the first party, and two or three othzr parties will leave in succeeding boats. The parties will consist chiefly of young nnmarried men, of between 20 and 30 years of age, mostly mechanics and tradesmen, and each has paid his own fare and is in possession of some means.

A MAORI MEDICAL MAN.

Members of the Ngatimutunga and Ngatiawa tribes, of the Taranaki district, are rejoicing greatly over the success of Maui Potnare. % young chief who has lately received an American diploma as & medical man. The career of this young Maori is interesting. Educated at St. Stephen's, Auckland, and Te Aute College, Hawke's Ray, Pomare desired to become a doctor for the purpose of practising among his own people. About seven years ago he went to America to pursue hi- studies. He earned the money for his fees and living by giving lectures oh "The Ancient Maori and Characters," appearing on the platform in native costume. He has now sent word to his tribe that he has secured his diploma, and had passed with honours, and the members of the tribe have decided to subscribe a sufficient sum to enable Pomare to proceed to England and Europe to continue studies there.

FOOTBALL ON SUNDAY

Preaching in the Garrison Hall, Dunedin, on tbe question of "Sabbath Desecration," the Rev. W. A. Sinclair quoted the following from a letter written by Mr G. Elliott, the Wesleyan home missionary at Manga- j weka:—"On Sunday last a football match, I under the Northern Rangitikei Rugby ' Union, took place on tbe Recreation ground, Mangaweka, bet-ween teams representing that olace and Moawhanga. I saw nearly 400 spectators present as I rode past the domain on my war to Ka.wha.au, where J found three adults and twelve children waiting to hear the Word preached, others having gone to witness the exciting contest for the 'cup.' Is it not lamentable that the Sabbath should be so desecrated as to be converted into a gala day? Football rolling, flags _3 'n<r. hundred* enjoying, whilst thirty odd *-»__. kicked, rolled, shoved, and tumbled __*__■ •«"_* cheers of tbe excited barracker V-. more like St. Patrick's Day *"*""' " . ..-.stian Sabbath.' This is one of the mi «_. evils we have to contend witlx bwe, ftod m it » «. popular on*.

the journalists even .neourap? it: and other professional men, such a* lawyers, doctors, and other., who should have some respect for their office... patronise it. Formerly our journalists in the township, in publishing the account of a match, refused to give a jiate, simply .tating 'the other day,' etc.. but now they boldly write 'on Sunday last.' and proceed to give a column in detail. To prove to you the dire effect this Corfu rupt practice is having on church -work in ..general, I will qu_te to you the esact numbers attending the various attractions on Sunday. July 15th. in Manga weka: — Anglican Church. 10 perrons; Presbyterian, 17 ■ WesJevan. 33; football match, 350."