NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10763, 17 September 1900, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Detectives Cassells and Fuhey arrested man on Saturday on a warrant of coami* ment from Wellington.

The paper chase of the Pioneer Club, arranged for Saturday afternoon hy to be postponed owing to" the icclem* E « of tho weather. v •

We understand that Mr Thomas W a | lace, of the firm of Pitcaithly, Wallace ad Co., has been appointed Italian Consult! Canterbury.

The newly-elected member of the Ci't Council for the South-east Ward, Cr tf Wood, will take his seat a week eddfe than under ordinary circumstances would b« the case, as t'hera is a special meeting oftbj Council to-night.

A man named John D. Walker was a?. rested at Wellington charged with ma*. cently assaulting a little girl at CErte. church on August 20th. He appeared be. fore tlie Magistrate at Wellington on Satan day morning, and was remanded to Qyjg, Qtourch. Trapping for export, says tins ''CromwsS Argus,' seems to have played the mischisj with the rabbits in this district. We aw informed by on a of those who went-to' Alexandra that he never saw a rabbit cfeing the whole journey. Three years am the country between "Cromwell and Cl 4» was crawling with them. Yet our pi». .headed Rabbit Department tries to mil out that trapping is no good.

The question of the appointment of aa ; auditor was before the Central Dairy Com*--* paay on Saturday morning. "I should lia to know, Mr Chairman," asked one of tit). shareholders, "if there is any necessity fo? electing an auditor? They don't seem to do much good." "Ah," said the Cbmirmsß, "that does not apply to the auditor of tht

Canterbun-Co-operaitLve Dairy Company,"

Christ church musical circles have received a welcome addition (recently in the w«oa

of Mr Jas. Dykes, of Glasgow,-wh*q,li»' J' come out from the Old Country to take up 1 a position in one of the colonial banks. Mt *- Dykes is a musician of no mean order, as S has been evidenced on several occasiosi ] during the past few weeks, Ms perfows- I ances at the weekly meetings of the Savage f Club, a concert of the Natives' Association, I and only this week the anniversary' erf* | bration 'of the E Battery, having dim I warm expression of approval. Mr DyfaiJL will be heard at many of the Exhibition I concerts. I

Afc tike Supreme .Court &t Auckland oa I Friday, the Commissioner of Grown Lan# il sought a writ of injunction restraining tk. | Taupiri Coal Mines Company from mining 1 underneath the Waikato River at Huntlj I for coal, the plaintiff claiming that tb | Crown has tihe right to the'bed of the rim. s Formal evidence was taken as to the n*n« f

gability of the river, end then by Comsat an order was matte removing the- case inta the Court of Appeal, where the question ft? the right of the Crown to th« bed of tfe rivers of the colony will be aigu-?d.

It was stated Jit the annual DseettEg -if. the Midland Cricket Club on Saturday mghl that Mr W. H. Wynn-Williams,' the f>res> dent, had put up a cricketing record, fe having been President of tho Club since its. formation, over twenty-four yean? ago. A very cordial vota of thanks was accorded Mr Wynn-Williams for the generons support he had given.the Cliib through M t£c«» years. It was greatly owing to him that the Club was in its present flourishing coa< dition.

Some expression of Seetinj? took place sj the Leeston stock sal© on Friday, fotweea a farmer and the auctioneers. The farmer. on behalf of a number of others', protests in forcible terms to the auctioneers agai»'« the unnecessary delay that takes place between tho sheen and pig sale. The aofr tioneers laid the blame on the Cbrisr church bacon pig buyers, but it is stefeS that the farmers themselves ***, j* blame for not entering and vardmg i« pigs earlier. Entries are arriving whiietna sale is in progress, thus the whole sale i* delayed and business retailed f rectus? until dusk. It is to be hoped now that tiss matter has been ventilated that farmer* » stock-owners will co-operate with the asctioneers and the buyers and bring sW a better state of feeling. , ..,.:■■

Mr Justice Williams gave his decision **.- Dunedifl on Saturday in that portion of tfe case of Aitcheson v the Kaitangata » way and Coal Company, wtiieb. was bel&thim. A decree was settled by wMch iW adjudged that the defendant company aw not kep.p proper books and checks for t« : entry of at! coal mined and removed from the plaintiff's iwad; and that large qnastities of coal had t>een mined and carriw away in respect to which royalty should b»« been, but was not, paid. It is there!?* adjudged that inquiry be made as to the «w mined, carried away, and sold from 18* to August. 1898. defendant Company » be treated on the footing of beinff accoßS&* : able for all coal gotfcen and sold except what it shall prove to have beer. JW* from land other than Aitchison's, The «•- fend&wfc Company was ordered to pay »• costs of the present action. Mr J. M. Cambridge has just comply one of the best of the many picture,'*' public men wliich he has painted from tin* to time. The charm about Mr Cambridge* pictures is that h« pourtrays the tnas »■ his habit as_he lived," that is, that at <ffl» one recognises the familiar features of to*dearly loved friend or the public man ct« has stood on the platform or in the &&*?'' The picture juet completed is that of -fit late Mr J. Gkimmack, and it is to be am in the Public Library. Sir Cambridge W been most happy in having reproduced » speaking likeness, and one which aJ °™. friends of the deceased gentleman wi.l preciate. The picture will bs hung Public Library to-day. Mr bridge has been entrusted by the of Governors with the commission to . a picture of the late Mr Postle, also » contributor by legacy to the funds of tw Public Libran r .

Wβ retrret that in a Press Association telesram published in Saturday's p»pe» ** inadvertently conveyed a wrong imprest® of the facts'in connection with the ewe * Coates v Cotterill and Harris, heard the Chief Justice in Wellington m It appears that Messrs Cotterill and Warn were merelr st-nkeholders of the money o» behalf of English claimants. Mr Cofctenil, » representing" Mr Yonnjr, the jr ceiver. acting on his instruct onjrinacontested the. right of Mr Costs* to Turner a« against Younsr. but on o*i=Tf authorised to do so h- Mr Y?\ms. viX J drew hi? defence. Mr. Hftrriß. ns Tfproeemirnr Sir Thomas Salt ard th«i late Mr wiiwo. did Tot at aw time contest the claim •» Vr- Coates. Tlip only qiv?f?tion contests °" Friday was as to whether the dsf^aas 1 * v.-ere entitled to the costs of the action ana the cost of tjettinc in th« moneys, and tuwas decided in their favour.

jt Lβ understood that stons will be taken to convene a mwtting at Kaiapoi in reference U> holding a regatta, towards which tb*re \* a balance in hanti from former j*#iUU* of £24. Mr T. A. Hullick has received advice intjtn.iting tint Mr James ScLmder*, the registered partner in New Zealand of Sclandprs and Cominmy, died at Nelson on Saturday morning. The a«ard in the typographical di»pute, which has been forwarded to Mr S. Brawn, olie of the members of the Court, who ie Jβ Wellington, hu.s not yet been received. 51r Ja«]«--s Itule, chief mail clerk at the Qtoeul IW. t )lhct\ Welling ton, who hjui teen tnuwferml u> Christebureh, wae prejgnUici X v t''e f of the circulatkwi with a solid silver afternoon tea set, and a silver-mounted polished oak tray. I« the njiort of Mr Kcakes's lecture at laeeton on diwa*«i of stock, his statement regarding compensation puiii to owners in jm'wul swim- U-.rvi- was tniusijosed. Pull comwnsation is otuy paid for healthy animals £sll«d m consi-ijuvnw of having been in conjitt with tlio>« that were diseased, and half (osßpcnsiUion vrjLt paid for affected animals. A iiew bicycle Limp is now being manufactured in Kngjjuwl. and wiil no doubt in course <>f time l>o united into New Zealand. Iv yi&LV of oil or gas an ordinary candle in used, uixl it is claimed that for convenience, and brilliancy of light this lump jg eup«ri<M' to all others, j At the North Canterbury Saleyards, Ran- | giuni. luts btf/i exhibited a concrete culvert ' jor slialh'W watercourses, designed by Mr ' (jeo. I'hipr.w Williams. It in in sections Ut l<J.'ig •» , * | i *j> ,l thick. Bolts in the edgee enaKc j'l;inkm« to be secured as a cover ned crwminij for vehicles, This new style I of c-ulv«ri lias beeu m&de by Air J. Bowe, uf lUiagioiL!. j The Mayor of Rangiora will proceed to ! Wellington in ri'ferenoe t« the bill which the j Council i» urctteutitig through Mr Buddo, ! lnenibtT lor th« district, to Parliament in reffrenc to a wattr supply. The bill is to , enabi" tlm Council to a supply from ! tije Ashioy at a point outside the borough. Mr Alfred iiunz, of St. Luke's, Christ- ' church, ;w» organ recital at St. Paul's : pro-C*imdt.il, Wfcllujgton, on Tuesday «v*nir.£. iheru was a hirge attendance, and the arti.xtiu playing of Mr Bunz received a wunn tribute of praise from the critics i of the local ncwgpapeni. j The peruoiiial question of water supply ' for Uiths ami fluuhing eido channels at H<aigiotn ix aifiiiii u> the fore. The committee ■wans the Kith on the sclk>ol premises. The Ik/rough Council had decided to procure a supply if it could bo got cheaply from the WaiiiKikariri A»bley supply raoea, but no agreement to price hiw been come to. j Trie borough w;Uer supply i» un inexhaust- ! iblu underground mtreunt 15ft below tlia ' lurficc, ar.d Hhould be easily pumped to & water tower, and a loan for that purpose «roukl seem to lxi warranted, but the general ■' kfei in that a supply from a race from the river at a higher level than the town would lufiice. I

VV. M. Ikunatyne and Co. w«re to-day adv-iscd by cablo that their principals, Mesw* John Dmwir «nd »Son, Limited, of London and Perth, l»av*> obtained for their *lmk«j the Gnuid Prize at Paris Exhibition a#uJm<t all competitors, Iwutg tlie higihest possible award. 3Q38 Intense interest has been manifested in the proet'M of trajiKfurmatian of the D.1.C., ■which is approaching completion. Crowds m*y be sttn at the Casliel street f:> . W&duhfi thi> otMtfatitma by dUv, and also «v*ry under the glare of "the electric light, 'Uto work haa been heavy and very r«?sponßJble, &n the superatruoture (weighing, it is variously estimated, from eighty to pne hundred tone) has had to be supported daring tho demolition of the lower brick •wurk by i»assiive ateel roller girders, which will pmmancntSy carry the full weight of the upiHt storey*. The frames of the showwiiidowH jind vestibule are now in position, and in another week the D.I.C. •will pre*eat a CHiitpktoly new exterior as well as a tnoet attractive interior, to inspect which tJie public will ebortly be invited by the nuun«#t<in*nt. ' 3808

Messrs Strange and Companr report that trade continues very brisk indeed. th« demand for spring and summer itrooas having fairly sot in already. The firm's shipments, now to tand and arriving, of the latter, appear to be of an exceptionally attractive character this year. AJreadv nearly 600 cases and packages have been received to date of goods intended for the •pring and summer trade. There was a time when many a Christchuroh lady lajn.nUd the fact that she was gome 14,000 miles away from Regent street and "the fetesi f&ehoone," but »uch complaints have lon|{ ceoeed. Strange and Company, by thoir enterprise ana unceasing vigilance, tirtu&Hy bring Regent street (so far as dresses, jackets, mantles, millinery, and a thousand fit her lines go) to our very doors. That in, there is practically no difference betw«n Strange and Cornpiny'a fine waits- i house and similar wt-JibliKhmehts in the West End of London itself. And the great ocean Uihth m-.ikn the trip from London to LytteJton so rapidly nowadays that a great firta like Strang's and Company (owning ; a London hotwe of their own) are enabled • tc Jt«*p their patrons in constant touch with i «?«» the very latoat Home fashions. 3842 to the easy running, qualities and perfect finish, Anglo Special Cycles art ideal machines for young and old. Thdr usu does not entail any undue strain or exertion. K«w mod*3s on view at 226 High street and D.I.C. The Anglo-New Zealand Cycle Com(Kiy.~(Advt.)

100 Ladies' Bicycles; £1 deposit, 10s in•fealmepts. Join the Atalaata Easy Paytt*at Cycle Supply Club, limited to 100 ap.pcoonts. Full particular* from Oatcs, Lowry aa«J Vα., Christchurch.—(Advt.)

Weeding Presents,—-Largest assortments, »t lowest prices in Christehurch. We are Suking a splendid show in our windows. Everything marked in plain figures. Wβ wfv competition. Fletcher Bros.. Direct Importers, High street, Ohratehurch. — ■{Adrt.)

Mr W. E. Sorrdl, the popular pbotoftaphar, was badly troubled with unbroken splckkis. He staked his feet in hot water tares time*, and applied Lo&sby'a Koolibib alter each fonw-nting. Result, a complete Wre.-HAdvU

Benjamin (Jum enjoys a, very large sale in Hew Zealand, and that its fame is spreading » provtd by ihe fjict *hat the proprietor* « the popular cough remedy have tas* uea*m wcunxl ordere from WestraJia, Brisbane, *«e!aid«, Sjdney, Melbourne and Fiji. Ad- **»»» New Zealand.—(Advt.) 1 Mtsrris, photographer, trom Dunedin, persoa&lly takes aJI the portraits in Ulombo street. Call and Mc new «peci«MM.<HAdvt.) *^

.Unbroken chilblains almost drire <he rnfwwa ally. The irritation is of tea very •*•*• Loasby's Kooin»h relieTee a)u< ; fft •«"w»Uy, reduces the swelling, and coaiP»wr cures in a very short tune.—>;Adrt) The most reliable Cough Cure is BaxL»ng Preserver. It can be given to ywrog and old; especially good in the w«ng cough of oomuinptJon ; -will give ™»«i iv a»iy cough, cold or sore throat, « wmebiti* and asthma it acts like magic. «* oiemists and stores. 8 B«yd an d g 0ll) CHoucejrtej. street, Christjweh, are specially commended for th« ex- ***«<» of their Bicycle repairs, combined Atin ,>dmU: char scs- Tdephone 457.--

m : Several of the flags* at Lyttelton were al T- jj.xif-mast this morning on account- of th« A tJmtl, of Mr John OorSon, who at ono time llote, iit < h « i*> rt - Mi j Uordon died in the ChrietcJmrch Hospital. Z : w A .^ y r? f P r - Male's report to the « . limtbeote Road Board, on tie requirement* n- ; necessary to ensure wholesomenees of the «- milk supply, has been forwarded to the Mitueter in charge of the Public Health c, ouJ. Ie !i. The kee P in « of Pigs about a eJaughterj noose, and allowing them to feed on blood and otfal, ought to ba treated as a criminal ie , offence, is the opinion expressed by Dr. « I Micki* to the Heatbeote Road Board". m ; Among recent additions to the list of o!d t ' *Z* pensioners (says the "New Zealand J Herald") is Mr Thomas Toms, who recently I petitioned the House for some tangible re- & : cognition of his ckim that he was the first it ;. white man born in New Zealand Mr ■n ( Tome was born at Picton 66 years ago. i As instancing the progress of the Canterlm bury Ctntral Dairy Company, the figures If quoted by the Ghakrmaa of "Directors, at s tiw annual meeting on Saturday, las to the amount of cash re- :- ; cerivwi by the Company far five k years, commencing 1896, are interesting. v The figures are as follows:—Cash receipts i 8 to 31st July, 1896, £19,580 15s 4d; 1897, ~ £25.364 11s 8d; 1898. £27.208 19a 9d; p ! 1899, £29,925 14a 6d ; 1900, £40.924 Oβ 6d ; r i total, £143,004 Is 9d. i- j When the member for Gaversham (Mr A. t ! Morrison) passed come etrietures upon the r i manner in which our young men were being s trained in engineering works in the colony s (says the "Otago Daily Times" , ) many mrr stances were speedily forthcoming to show c J that whenever they were pitted against those ■, : trained elsewhere the young New Zealander i was invariably found" holding an excellent 0 I position. One more gratifying instance is c J brought under notice in an account of the ~ ; opening of the Weotwood aerial railway, a given in the "South Wales Times and Star 0, of Gwent." of July 29th. The local work 1 ! and erection was carried out for the Ropeways .Syndicate, the contractors, by Mr i James F. Lindsay, a native of Dunedin, 23 8 ; years of ajfe, and son of Mr James Lindsay, r the respected master of Oamaru North School. Young Lindsay served his apprenI ticeehip with Messrs Reid ond Gray at , , Oamaru, and the fact of such an important j work as the erection of the Wentwood ! aerial railway being entrusted to almost a f youth spsaks for itself. The aerial railway is over two miles in length, and is used to ' convey day for a puddle dam which the t corporation have undertaken. The installation is on the single endless wire system, j and is capable of carrying at a normal velo- , city 300 tons por day of ten hours. The \ J ropeway is the longest in use in England. , k j THE END OP THE SESSION. j ) [ Our Wellington correspondent telegraphed j I ' yesterday that in connection -with matters | • ; political, ons thing alone, at present, seems j certain, and that is that the session ia to end in about & fortnight. • AUCKLAND'S ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS. \ j The Auckland correspondent of the "Otago \ ] Daily Times" states that plans have been . ■■ received from England for the electric tram- > , ways, principally for overhead motion, and i j tie arrangement of stations. It is conjee- , I tured that the delay in forwarding material ! for the lines has arisen through the sharp i j riae in tlw price of iron. It is estimated i that the construction of the lines could have been effected four years ago for £25,000 less than at tl* prices of iron at the present, such has been the advance. It is underi stood that even if the construction of the i lines be delayed until Christmas, they could be completed within the contract time. A DISTRESSING CASE. The "Otago Daily Times" states that a case showing th* absolute and urgent neces--1 sity for a small hospital for infectious ■ diseases occurred on Friday. Late in the \ ; afternoon a boy between 12 and 14 yeara j of age, -who itad only arrived a tevr hours ; previously with his mother from Oamaru, ! was found to be (Offering from ddphtteria. j Tit* mother itfc once secured a cab and took th® boy to the hospital; but, in accordance with the rules of that institution, the patient oouid not be admittad, as no provision whatj ever is made far cases of infections diseases. j The mother was recommmended to take her I son to the police station, where the patfent j wee taken in, and , the Mayor, as Chairman of the Board of Health, was communicated ■with by the police authorities. He attempted to get the Hospital authorities to tdea charge of the boy, ct s&cure him admission into some house close at hand I wbexe be could be isolated; but he soon J found that nothing could be done in this j direction. The poKce. in the meantime, had been attempting, unsuccessfully, however, to obtain an asylum for the patient, and it looked , as if both mother and son -would be compelled , to spend the night at the police station. As the boy became worse, the i Mayor communicated: with Dr. Cloes, who '■ iramedusutefy attended the patient, and j shorUy before midnightf succeeded in securi ing a place to .which the boy could be removed. THE SLAUGHTERING AND INSPECTION BILL. After two o'clock on Saturday morning consideration of the Slaughtering and Inspection Bill was continued in Committee in the . House of Representatives. "Local Authority" was substituted for "the Secretary of Agriculture, Wellington," as the authority to whom application should be made for a license, the granting of such license to be subject to the approval of a Minister. In clause 27, providing for tiue appointment of graders, etc., Mr G. W. Russell moved to strike out graders. Loefc by 25 to 19. A further proviso was agreed to, that no grader be appointed by the Government where a company or person already possees a grader. New clauses added that the lessee of I any slaughtering place may determine the lease in case of cancellation of the license, and providing for the payment ol compensation to the extent of one half to the owner of the slaughterhouse, the license of which hm been cancelled; also providing conditions where two or more local authorities combine to establish abattoirs. The Bill was reported witbi amendments, α-nd the House rose at 5.20 a.m. PECULIAR RESULT OF A RAILWAY s ACCIDENT. A curious ease was hiely tried before the Civil Courts in Vieon*, regarding a claim arising out of a railway accident. The plaintiff stated that be had received internal injuries as the result of the accident. The medical experts maintained that the shock of the smash had caused the heart of the plaintiff to change from its normal position to one lower down in his body. This theory was received with incredulity by the jury, but their scepticism was satisfied when they applied their hands to the man's ribs, and could feel the- organ beating in th? usual manner. The medical men stated tlwt the sufferer might live for several years, notwithstanding the extraordinary displacement of his heart, but that he was more liable to heart failure, and would experience great difficulty in doing his work. In these circumstances the jury, awarded the plaintiff heavy compensation.