NOTES'AND MEMORANDA.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10758, 11 September 1900, Page 6

NOTES'AND MEMORANDA.

. The new Council Chamber of the Borovgir of St. Albans will be opened thia evening 8* /. 30. t : - . Two of. the candidate? for the South-eas. Ward, Messrs William Woods and W. Con--greve, will address the ratepayers to-night at St. John's Schoolroom. The Rangiora Friendly Societies are tfl meet on Thursday evening next to arrange the annual excursion. -'-.-■ In addition to the other attractions in c mneotion wilh the Canterbury..-'Jubilee' Industrial Exhibition, it is proposed to hold a competition for Church choir* early in January, for which prizes of £30 and £15 are offered. The first meeting of the Exhibition choir takes place this evening in the DurhssJ street sclnol, when the ode written by Mf Alpers will be put in .rehearsal under the direction of Mr F. M. Wallace. A meeting of the. Court of Directors d the Royal Humane Society of New Zeaksti is to be held at three o'clock on Thursday afternoon. The ordinary monthly meeting of the St. Augustine Lodge, No. 4, -will be held tbia evening at the Hall, Manchester street. A lectnre .will be given to night by Mi R. M. I/-ii»g at the usual social gathering of the »Natives' Association. The pnbfaet will be " Pre-historic Lytteiton," Hit etratel by limelight views. There will aibu u« a mußical programme. A meeting of the Butchers' Union will be held on Thursday evening at Inglis'e Buildings. In response to the advertisement ttEking private families and accommodation house keepers to send a note to Messrs Bakor Bros., Hereford street,, of what they willhave to lot during the Exhibition and Jubilee period, nineteen sent in their nanwa 3'esterday to be noted on the register being compiled by the firm for that purpose. . The annual general meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelbv to Animals will be held in the City Council Chambers to-morrow at 8 p.m. The Christchurch Cycling Club have chosen a course at the foot of Colombo road, Sydenham, for their annual iiill climbing competition. The contest i 3 on Thursday, 27th inst.