NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10777, 3 October 1900, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

j A parade of the Civil Service Rifle corps j was held on Monday evening. Fifty-six mustered under Lieutenant Fisher. ' Tiie gallery at the Agricultural Hall is now ready for the gaMery chairs, and the front of the gallery is ready for the rolled steel decorations. Tlie E Battery paraded yesterday evening, 65 strong, under Lieutenant Treleaven. The company were put through the squad drill. Rev. A. Fowler, for some time acting as curate in the Church of England at Waimate, ha 3 resigned his curacy, and is to retire in November from his duties. "Billiards and the totalisator seem to ruin half the young men," remarked his Honour Mr Justice ConoDy during the hearing of a case in the Supreme Court at New Plymouth on Wednesday. At the last meeting of the Mandeville School Committee it was resolved to procure a flag for the school. It was also decided to congratulate Miss Wilkinson on the success of the examination. Mr H. W. Harrington, of Napier, iwfto takes Mr J. W.- Mason's place as officer in charge of the Telegraph Office Jiere, ai-rived from the North, by yesterday's steamer. Tlie first flag made according to the provisions of the New Zealand Ensign Act hus been executed ((says the "Oamaru Mail") t<? the order of the Hon. S. E. Shrimski, by itfessrs Keith and Hutcheson. Mr Shrimski has presented the flag, which is four yards in length, to the Waitaki High School, Oamaru. Mr G-. Smithies, the borough, engineer of Petone, near Wellington, who has returned from a visit to Canterbury, says that Christchurch. is twenty-five years in advance of Wellington in regard to street formation and maintenance. The following catches of trout were reported from the Avon yesterday:—Mr W. Maine, 16 fish, largest l£lb; Mr P. J. Molloy, 16 fish; Mr J. J. Molloy, 12 fish, 6 weighing 21b each ; another local angler, 23 fish, all taken with the fly. The trout generally are in good condition. An Auckland telegram states that the result of the "Graphic" Christmas story competition is as follows:—H. Dobbie, Lower Hutt, Wellington, first prize; Miss Fanny Twogood, Wanganui, second; Mrs Cotton, Roslyn, Dunedin, third; Mrs Harris, Auckland, fourth. Occasion was taken at the quarterly meeting of the Fire Brigade Jast nigiht to present the Secretary (Mr C. Oakes), on his approaching marriage, with n, handsome marble dock bearing an appropriate inscription. Acting Superintendent Kennedy made the presentation on beOialf of his Worship the Mayor and! the members of the Fire Brigade. At tho meeting last night of the committee of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, reference was made to the practice which exists, so it was said, here of people moving leaving their eats to prey upon the neighbourhood, and probably render night hideous with their lamentations at their desertion. It was felt that thia arose from thoughtlessness, and that the memtion of the matter would cause more care in the future. If the City Council think that the Beautifying Association are going to take in liahd the work of the renovation of the site of the old Council yard out of their funds they are much mistaken. The As- \ sociation are quite willing, judging from the discussion at the meeting yesrterday, to give their advice, but they do not see their way to expend a large sum of money. So far as can be seen all that can be done this season is to trench the ground and get it ready for autumn planting. Yesterday a young woman named MaryWalker, twenty-seven years of nge, residing at Courtenay, was washing clothes outside the house, when her dress caught fire at the open fire plae*. She immediately rushed towards the house, where lier mother, who is well advanced in years, endeavoured to extinguish, ike flames. In doing so the ■old lady got painfully burned. The daughter" suffered very severe injuries. Both 1 -women were conveyed to the Christdiurch Hospital. It is understood (says the "West Coast Times") that the negotiations for the transfer of Mr Mandl's brewery business to a public company have been broken off. It is said the company had been floated successfully, but disagreement between the vendor and those who held the option as to some of the d-etails led to a rupture. Actions for heavy damages are mentioned. The escaped lunatic who exchanged hie clothes for some found in a washlioiise at Captain Norm's house, Lyt-telton, on Hunday morning, was recaptured at Greenpark, on tfcfr road to Little River, yesterday. All day Monday the man was traced by Constable Connell, of Lyttelton, the trail leading through Governor's Bay to Teddington. Hero darkness overtook the constable, who had to wart for daylight. The escapee meanwhile passed over the saddle, and was subsequently captured by Constable Walton, who was on the lookout for him. Mx A. E. Boot, of Dunedin, who is at present on a trip to Europe and the United States, has written to a friend here, stating that while in Paris in' August he became a member of the Dental Congress there. There were 1600 dentists present from all parts of the world, he being the only representative from New Zealand. The members were right royally entertained by the French people, and he gained a great deal of information about the higher brandies of dentistry. The "Timaru Post" says an information has been laid against William Leonard Butt, lately clerk in the Union Bank of Australia at Waimate, for embezzlement, and a warrant issued for his arrest. Several deficiencies were fotxnd in his accounts, but they were chiefly connected with one account, ■which bad been operated on to an amount of about £130. He is supposed to have got away by tA>e last San Francisco mail boat. He had held the responsible position of teller at tn« Waimate branch for the last seven or eight years, had been twenty-two years in the bank'a service, and was receiving a salary of £135. It i« said that the bank wiU not lose by the defalcations, as Butt's fidelity was guaranteed by a society.

IS*e New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have forwarded to "The Prese" office a -copy of their well compiled Review of the Cltratcimrdi Wool, Grain and Stock Markets for 1900. It is an enlargement upon previous issues, and contains an amount of statistical aa<l other information that cannot fail to be meful to those engaged m pastoral and agricultural pursuits. A feature of this number is the information that specially relates to the producLTven«»3 of the province of Canterbury, and in 'tfhia year of Jubilee it is interesting to note what can be produced after flftv years of settlement. The review of each department of the market will be found complete and instructive and the returns given hwe towtt carefully compiled.

Ten horses for the Christ-church Tramway Company' arrived from the north by the Mararoa yesterday. The Invercargill Athenaeum Committee have selected Mr C- C. Sproull for the position of assistant secretary aod librarian. A short Chamber sittings was held yes- i torday morning, and his Honour Mr Justice Martin also gave judgment in Weetman v'Angland. His Honour will sit in banco {o-mprrow, at 11 a.m. A short Chamber sittings was held this morning, and his Honour >lr Justice Martin ' also gave judgment in Weetiuan v Angland. Eis Honour will sit in banco to-morrow at j Ti aun. "Although you liavo been freed from your debts by tho Bankruptcy Coui%" said Dis- i - trict Judge Kettle, in Masterton, the other day, in discharging a bankrupt, "you must remember that you still owe money, and . this iact should be kept before your conscience. ' The debtor promised that, his '* conscience wou— be duly consulted. { "It J9 astonishing the number of prohibition orders that are issued in Masterton," | says the local magistrate. "It seems as if <■ a third of the population, was prohibited. 1 There are as many prohibition orders issued j in Masterton as there are in Wellington. It also seems strange that those prohibited i applied for the orders themselves." i< At a meeting of the Waimakariri Harbour / Board it was incidentally stated by the « Chairman there were two channels over the jj bar, and the northern one was daily iinprov- i ing, but no reference was made to the - soundings in the signalman's monthly re- * port. It ma}- be noted that Mr Chas. Louisson, ; who with Mr W. W. Collins, M.H.R., is V official visitor of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, has made a suggestion to the Hoh. 1; Minister of Education in connection with q the minimising the risk from fire. This is i that a night watchman should be ap- ~ pointed. \ There is now on view at Messrs Davis i and Lamb's a regular old time single barrel gun, which it is said came out in one of the first four ships. It is old enough looking to have arrived hero with Captain Cook. At any rate, it will no doubt find'a resting place amongst the other Canterbury relics. ; A boy named Martin wns engaged in loading up one of Mr F. A. Cook's grocery carts r . at ifche yard at 12.20 yesterday, when he was f suddenly thrown to the ground by reason of r - the horse suddenly jumping forward. It waa found that the boy's arm had been broken, and he was accordingly taken to thi Hospital. I The Mayor of Dvtnedin is sending out a circular letter to all the Mayors of tin < colony, inviting united action in ackuow- • ledgement of the services of Mr Pildier, of. J the Cape, in the interests of New Zealand f. troopers tuxl nurses. v ' At the montlhy meeting of the Waimaka- t " riri Harbour Board, the question ot im- Improvements to a cottage leased by the f Borough Council was referred to the Works | Committee. The signalman reported thai fthe ketch Kestrel had touched tho bai | going out, and the Rock Lily had been | stranded on entering tho river. From s' the Board's large boat three oari js had been lost whilst assistance waa f being given to the latter vessel. |" The month's receipts were £13 14s 9d, the | bank balance £60 12s 7d. Accounts, £4 f v 15s sd, were passed. The Board discussed |~ the general question of the river, and ad- i journed. {, The ingenuity of some people in the dia- * i charge of their duty is great, and an in- | stance afforded a little while ago by Canstable Ryan, of Stratford, will take some ( beating (says a Now Plymouth paper). It , appears that he had a warrant for a judg- «• inent debtor, from whom both threats and 1 persuasion failed to extract anything in the f shape of coin. About that time a death '; t necessitated an inquest in the locality, and " f the constable proposed to tho debtor that if J he would make a coffin it would about / square tihe claim. Debtor consented to thejs bargain, and thus did a certain newspaper!? —we won'i mention names—have the dv-& tinction of being the first journal in thisgU country to have a subscription paid by the?- , , manufacture of a coffin. '^ Wβ are requested to direct special atten- Iff tion to the announcement in another pa-go F"~ 5 by the management of the D.I.C. Th%> U public will be keenly interested In knowing ( that the huge additions and alterations to t this •favourite- emporium are now so far { completed as to enable the Company to maka ( r v their first great season's display on Friday ( next. One feature will be the first dressing J out of the splendid new show windows front- j ing Cashel street, and the departm-ente % throughout the vrhol© establishment will pre- l ° sent an entirely novel and attractive ap- i. pearance, filled ftst they are with enormous '"" stocks of all the very latest fabrics. The ' entire warehouses and showrooms will be > ; closed ttll day to-morrow (Thursday) to com- s plete preparations for this great re-open in a. Unbroken chilblains almost, drive the sufferers silly. The irritation is often \ery l great. Loasby's KoolFbah rolievea a'uii.at liustantly, reduces the swelling, and com- f pletely cures in a very short time.—-Advt) I Moms, photographer, irom Dunedin, personally takes all tte portraite in t . Colombo street. ' Call and see new speci- I mens.—(Advt.) ft The daughter of Mr Kearns. of Dixs | J Gaiety Company, was nearly dead with |<, ' croup, when, at the eleventh hour, she was t gdven Baiter's Lung Preserver. Tlie effect I , was magical; after thiwe doses all danger I was removed, and, to use MrKearns's own j> words, "I consider this valuable remedy M saved my child's life." Baxter's Lung Pre- W K ' server can be obtained from all chemists and b stores. 8 %~- "Harris's Imperial" are sole agent* for |'t cekbrated American '"Walk-over" Boots, I*' marvellous for style and cheapness. Now I opening Spring shipments of American and I English ma-kers. Our motto is, "Givat \- variety, good quality, besit value." Z.ffl f Cashel street, next Ballantyne. 4ipO2 t Benjamin Gum enjoy 3 a very large salejin j New Zealand, and that its f.ime is spread<ng t is proved by the fact /hat the proprietors '' of tho popular cough remedy have this s*a« i son secured orders from Weßtralia, Brisbane, .' Adelaide, Sydney, Mt-lbourne and Fiji. Advance New Zealand.—(Advt.) I

Easy T«rms.-rOwing to the great demiiad for ladies' bicycles on tho Atolnnta. e*\ay payment pEan, Oates, Lowrv and Co. fore running their large cycle works overtime." to satisfy purchasers.—'(Advt.) J If your bicycle needs repairs take it! to the experts of the cycle trade, Boyd njnd Son, Gloucester street, Charges reasonable. Work perfect.—(Adw-t ) We know nothing of to-morrow; our bijsi- » ness is with to-day, and therefore it is *to- I day that we should order Blark Swan Butter. &'" —Advt- { \p Wedding Presents.—Largest assortments, -„ at lowest prices in Christcburch. Wβ .-[.xa 5% making a splendid show in our windows, '/ Everything marked in plain figures. c • defy competition. Fletcher Bros., Dirvd [ Importers, High street, Cbristcburch. *-. > (Advt.) g Mr W. E. Sorrtll, the popular pbo'to- f > grapher, was badly troubled with unbrol'iea Ex chilblains. He soaked his feet in hot water £'{ three times, and applied Loasby's Kooh.inn jR' after each fomenting. Result, a comn' ita W cure.—(Advt.) ; M' The value of many patent medicines fp medical preparations sold outside the vi jua] §P run of physicians' prescriptions, has b[ee>Jg proved by usage to bo too often in invest ||| ratio to the length ol tho ad'/ertisemr>nt*! S§ which play such a prominent part in tla«r B sale. Heavy advertising means that \th« It purchaser pays for paper as well as If Much more effective than the lengthy miter- § views of undiscoverable persons who l),lave If been brought back from the grave g by i mysterious decoctions, is the simple f ami | voluntary acknowledgment of help reee jved 1 which a grateful patient will pen Jn c torn- f mendation of some remedy which has \ >©e2i I used irith eflscacy. The following, for i*} : stance, is one among many such letters W I ceived by Mr E. C. Lane, of Oamaru, • v ™ reference to his Creaeoted Emulsion :—" tJrt street, Oamaru, December 16th, 1896, " r Lane, —Dear Sir, —Please xive besrer m X account, also another bottle of Crea*< •'*<« Emuldon. It is reaUy wonderful the difference it has made to" my aiater. Sh, ej» getting quite strong and rosy-chefekfd, ']>"" save she would rather take your Eniu3|swn than those horrid iron pilla.—Yours, U J»- ffully, D. M. Johnatono: , S0 Califoraian tinned pears and apricot* lOd per tia. Wajrdell Broe. and Co.—(Aort. ,

Ont» of the old-time stories relates to the iatc Mr W. Hopkins, Mr Hoskins, during the liter years of his residence in Christohurch, had a idea of having farewell beJtdiH. These came with unfailing regularity about every three months. At last «ne man, who had fnkrn tickets with jamblike submission for thn-o or four, said to the bendieiaire on ;v sixth appeal, "Look here, I be Sieve Hi.it when Captain Cook discovered Now Zealand, the first thing he met on landing was ;. Maori with tickets for Hoakins'e farewell bsnpfit."

A letter has been received by his Worship tho Mayor from Mr Laure&sop, M.H.R., suiting that the Maoris in the North Island were anxious to attend the Jubilee celebration, but. the difficulty was providing for their c<.nvfvanes:. A letter had been reitMved \>y Mr Laurcnson from Mr Hall-Jont-*. rsi;r«Uirig he could not y*t give * definite reply as to the granting of the use of one of the Government steamers to convey tin* Maoris, but tltut he would comEiunieate with Mr Laurenson later on. A letter w.i.-) al.«o enclosed from Tutu Nibomiho ami others, i>f C»i>b;>rne, offering from the Ngatiporoii tribe twenty-five young men end tw«;rii-y-five girl" for the occasion. The writers told Mr Carroll that the Maoris would o;tlv be* too ready to come if their expense , ! wero paid. THE DEPUTY-GOVERNOR. Sir lUb-rt Stout assumes the Deputy-Go-Vfrnr.n<liii> during the ab-wnce of Lord Ranfuxly, wlia bus left for the Islands.

COLONIAL BANK. A Diuic-din telegram states that the liquidators of the Colonial Bank expect to bring th«: liquidation of the bank to a close iX the end of December, and hope then to pay a dividend of Is per share.

f_. TEfa EXPORT BUTTER TRADE. jj The National Dairy Association reports a |jj considerabln increase in the quantity of |[ butter coming forward. Compared with •J last searon the shipments this year will § 1)© fully a month ahead of those of 1899. S As the injijM in the English market are 1 higher uuring the last three months of 1 the year it is stated that this early ship- § ment will result iti considerable benefit to 1 New Zealand producers. U A CONSIGNMENT OP o—iGES k BURNED. P A consignment of 350 casei of oranges, >?. brought to Auckland from Tongatabu by the % «.«. Hiiuroto, were, by directions from P| Captain Broun, Government Entomologist, J, carted to the Northern Roller Mills' furnace y, to be burned. Tho oranges were condemned *f' (according to the Auckland correspondent of j i: the "Otagu Daily Times") on account of ;., fruit fly maggot having been found in some ,'V, of them when cut open.

THE JAUNT OF A ONE-LEGGED BOY. A one-legged boy arrived in >iasterton the other Any (reports a contemporary) having walked from Christ church to Nelson, then stowed away to Wellington, and done the rest of the distance via the Rimutuk*. Hβ is en route for Auckland.