NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10862, 11 January 1901, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

The weather in t'lie North Canterbury district yesterday changed from a ].eriod of heat to cold with rain, and constant snowers .vent along the hills-

Forty-six English Leicester rams were brought up by the Tarawera yesterday, telegrapiis our Wellington correspondent, consigned by Messrs George King and Co., of Christchurch, to Mr -v. Fanner, of Wellington.

A well-known Christchurch hawker named Andrew Chrystall, died suddenly- at Greendale yesterday morning. He is not known to have any relations. The coroner has been informed.

Mr W. S. Reid, who is retiring from the oflice of Solicitor-General, was presented yesterday with a beautifully illuminated address from the members of the legal profession practising in Wellington.

Mr C. N. Worsley, an English artist, now resident in Wellington, sent a large picture— "A Street in Spain"—to the Art Society's Exhibition in Sydney. It has been purchased by the Trustees of the National Gallery, New South Wales, for 50 guineas.

The promoters of a bazaar held in connection with the English Churcn at Balclutha were (telegraphs our Dunedin correspondent) fined 20s. and costs for infringing the law regulating the control of art unions, by raffling articles other than those allowed by the Act.

A small boy and his sister were navigating the Avon yesterday, near Barbadoes street bridge, when their boat upset in some river weed, and capsized both of them into tlie water. Three other small boys waded to their assistance as they scrambled out, and the boat was quickly righted. The girl, however, had had enough of it, and walked ruefully home.

Mr Ritchie, of the Agricultural Department, who has been on a holiday trip to Mount Cook, says the crops in Otago and Canterbury generally, in the districts which he visited, are looking well, but it is not expected that the average yield will be quite up to that of last season, owing to the great amount of wet prior to Christmas. The harvest- will be later than usual this year. Grass is abundant everywhere in Otago and Canterbury. The potato crop will be up to the average.

The Hon. Hall-Jones, speaking at a social tendered to him at Invercargill on Wednesday night, and referring to the Lakes district, said a better class of boats was required on Lake Wakatipu, and the cost of travelling should be reduced so as to bring the health resorts within the reach of those of moderate means. Regarding Mr Ward's scheme of railway communication witli Lake ilanapouri, he said he had no idea the land in that direction was of such good quality. He would ascertain the cost of a narrow gauge and ordinary gauge railway to the- lakes, both by "way of Lum.den and Otautau, and it would be for Parliament to consider whether one of these lines would be carried out.

The meeting of the Jubilee Memorial Committee will be held to-day, at 4 p.m.

A poll is to be taken at Waimate to-day on the question of the adoption of the Rating on Unimproved Value Act.

The Ashbttrton School Committee are taking steps to give the school children a holiday trip to Sumner.

The Ashburton Borough School buildings are receiving a much needed coat of paint and a general overhaul.

A ketch, supposed to be the Lusette, bound in ballast from Auckland to _\gu_iguru, is ashore about two miles north of Te Arai, near Auckland.

A committed lias been formed at Ashburton for the purpose of raising funds to have a bicycle track formed froni Ashburton to the Fairfield Freezing Works.

The annual meeting of the subscribers to the Samaritan Home, whicli was to have been held last night, lapsed for want of a quorum. It wiil be held a fortnight hence, at the same time and place.

Heavy rain which fell at Ashburton nil Wednesday night and yesterday morning has put a temporary check to harvest operations. It Iras, however, freshened up tlie root crops nicely, and will bring away fresh feed in th* newly mown grass paddocks.

Many of the heavy crops in various parts of the district .have geen bad'lv laid and it is feared the rain of yesterday will do still further damage. An unusual amount of hay has been made this season, and though the weather has been patchy, the bulk of it lias been got in in good condition.

A woman named Ellen Smith, whose home is m Aberdeen street, was admiM.d to the Hospital at eight o'clock last night suffering from acid poisoning. She was attended by Drs. Crooke and Hall, who found that _he was in a very serious condition. The woman states that she took spirit, of salts, but was unable to give further particulars.

The Ashburton Ariel Bicycle Club has forwarded to the Sports Association the sum of £13, pairt of the £15 guaranteed towards asphalting the track in tho Domain. The club has decided to ask tlie Association to allow the Longhead. (Bicycle Handicap, for a prize presented by Mr. J. C. N. Grigg, to be run off at the sports carnival to be held m February. The eeerefc-rv to the club, i _." Tl - om P*- on - w a s thank-id for the valuable .service, he had rendered and voted a .urn of £2 2s.

Ihere are eighty nominations for the Wellington Gun Club's annual handicap of £150. Ine competitors come from all parts of the colony, including Mr. Go.ri.k, the crack fevdnev shot, Mr. Ghavannes. of Wanganui, -Mr. Maekersey, ex-champion, Mr. Ecele-s and Mi*. Redwood, of Blenheim. Amom-st the Dunedin men ure " Easton" and Mr Boswell, and amongst the Canterbury men -Messrs .Whittle, Duncan, Fraser, Wm Cashmore and Butel.

A "Press" messenger named Monty Wallace, about thirteen year., of itge.'had v narrow escape from serious injury on the 5.30 p.m. train from town to Lyttelton yesterday. Whilst the train was crossing the briuge nt Opawa he attempted to pass from one carriage to another, but slipped. He hung on to the rail of the further carriage as long as he could but bad to let go, and fell on to the road about twenty or thirty feet below. He was picked up severely shaken but unhurt, and was taken to the station by Mr Owen, In trying to pass from one carriage to the other he took the outside or otherwise he might not have escaped so luckily.

Mr Charles Doherty, of Tinwald, took to the Fairfield Freezing Works, on Wednesday, an exceptionally prime line of 128 fat lambs, which averaged 47..11. per carcase. They were out of ewes bred by pure Shropshire Down rams, from Mr T. E. Upton's well-known stud flock, and were lambed at the end of September and beginning of October. A lot of very prime lanibs*"have been going to Fairfield since the beginning of the year, all of whicli have gone over 431b per carcase. The secretary. Mr J. W. Mialcolmson, informs our Ashburton correspondent that already orders are booked which will keep the works going full handed till the end of February, and that farmers are sending fat stock from all parts of the As__-urton district, and from south of the Rangitata.

The statutory meeting of delegates to fix the half holiday will be held at the City Council office on Wednesday, 16th inst., at 8 p.m.

The President of the Executive of the Exhibition has informed his Worship the Mayor that the Concert Hall will bo at the disposal of the citizens, free of charge, to hold the public meeting re the harnessing of tbe Waimakariri.

Rumours have been industriously cireu-late"dJ:-hroughout the city to the effect that the Jubilee Exhibition is to be kept open for a month longer. This is not true, as the Executive Council have definitely decided to close on the original date, viz., January 31st.

The committee to whom the work of organising the Winter Show of the A. and P. Association has been committed are energetically pushing on the •matter. The holding of the show in such a convenient place as the Agricultural and Industrial Hall and grounds should tend to make the show one of the most successful yet held.

A curious fact is related by a well-known poultry-keeper at Dailington. A Dorking hen of his hatched a sitting of eleven eggs, and tended the chickens until an Andalusian hen, a non-sitter, drove her away, and took upon herself the mothering of the callow brood.

The arrangements to be made for a telephone and telegraph office on the A. and P. Show Grounds should prove a great convenience to the public. During the Show time the want of convenience for sending messages, either telephonic or telegraphic, has been very apparent, and the new departure will bs hailed with satisfaction.

The difficulty frequently experienced in Lyttelton of getting a Justice of the Peace to sit on the Bench has become accentuated by the resignation of Mr A. Chalmers, who could always be relied upon to attend punctually on his appointed day, and whose shrewd common-sense and long experience were guided in his decisions by mature judgment.

Mr W. 11. Gundry, of Christchurcb, and Mr W. Brown, of Dunedin, the New Zealand delegates to the Accountants' Conference in Sydney, returned by the Mokoia on Wednesday. The Conference passed a resolution affirming the desirability of forming an Australian Institute of Accountants, and appointing a Committee to draw up the _-.__titu.ion, which is to be remitted to the several affiliated institutes for consideration. Another conference is to be held to deal with reports of affiliated powers.

Grave complaints are being made as to the antiquated character of the telephone instruments in use generally in Cbristchurch. Some iew have been able to get the newer ones, which are common enough in other cities of the colony, but, speaking generally, Canterbury people are using instruments which were placed at the public disposal when telephones first came into vogue. Why this is, no one can understand, and though repeated applications have been made very few of the new instruments have come this way.

With reference to the collection of street refuse, the City Surveyor has made a suggestion for the provision of square bins, like letter-pillars, at different portions of the streets. These bins would receive tbe refuse till the carte came round to remove it, when, by opening a slide, it could be easily taken away. This course would obviate the very great nuisance at present existing of the refuse drying to powder, and then being blown about to be inhaled, and to fall on to merchandise, etc.

"Banjo" Paterson, the Australian war correspondent and lecturer, was an interested spectator of tlie riding tests of the Gisborne candidates for places in the Sixth Contingent. He was mildly critical of the methods employed, pointing out that one of the chief essential., is that the troopers should be able to mount aud dismount rapidly when under fire, and better than jumping the horses over stiff hurdles which the animals might or might not have been able to negotiate, would it have been to let a packet of crackers off undsr the horses, and to have told the candidates to mount and dismount, carrying their rifles with them in a soldierly manner.

For attempting to escape from a padded cell in which he was undergoing solitary confinement, for recently breaking away from tlie prison gang, Charles Heatl_>y was yesterday at Invercargill, sentenced by tho -S.agistrate, Mr McCarthy, to twelve months' imprisonment. The sentence he was undergoing for larceny hhd only three months to run.

We advise our readers to peruse carefully the 12 page catalogue of bm-gair.s, from Beath aiid Co., the popular drapers, whose great summer sale commences to-day. The reductions are exceptionally large in all «<•. partments, their object being to cf__et a complete clearancs of entire summer stock. This firm's sales are always crowded ; pj-st experience Jiaving taught the public thcit their quotations are genuine aud reiinb'.e, there is sure to be a great rush for the birrgains. Shop early ; lines sold out cannot he replaced at prices quoted. 2567

The "Triad" for January contains a lot of very drastic criticism ot the music performed at the Exhibition concerts here, and as they are presumably written by the editor, an unbiassed visiting "lmisician, doubtless they are of coi;siderable value. The music .supplement this mouth consists of a fine son-**, Schubert's " Adieu," aud an i-it-.e....-*'** arui not too difficult- piano solo, "Chant dv Paysan" (R.jidauo). The hiUip.e... uf the •Triad" is also well up to its usual Bt.uu.-i.d of interest and amusement. _*..;_.,-.

Handsome Christmas and New Year Pr<. scuts.—We have just received a spuria, shir*. meat of Beautiful r.nd Useful Good.. "\Ve are making a splendid show in our *ir.nd.*v; everything mp.rkcd in plain figures. Wo defy Competition.—Fletcher Bros.. D:r*.*_t Importers, High street, Christchurcn [Advt.] Presentation Bicycles—Beautiful little bicycles for boys ard girls for Christmas or New Year's" gifts; only a fe\r kit. Oates, L-owry and Co., Zerdondia Cvcla' Works. Christchurch.—(Advt.)

Tui Extract of Soap. Save your money and your temper by using Tui Extiact. Fcr washing clothes, scouring lloors, and housework generally. Ask your £rocer. Don't take any substitute. " 8

Mr Morris, nhotographe*,*. Colombo strctt, Christchurch, finds it is not gen .rally known that his charge for cabinet portraits : of children md t_.ree-quarter-lont-.l_' pictures is 17s 6d per doz., any extra charges i-re for vignetting, groups, large mounts:, also the various methods of printing, etc.—(Advt.) Christmas Presents in Watches, Jewel-' lery, Etc.—S. Clarke and Co.. 143 Colombo street, have specially marked low down theit immense arrivals in engagement rings, wedding rings, lovely gold brooches, long chains, and alberts, ladies' nnd gents' gold and ..ilver watches, etc.—Clarke and Co., 148 Co-. iombo street- [Advt.]

Mr Grieshaber, jeweller. Hi;;!-, street; whose lease has now expired, and as thei premises are to be rebuilt, i.nnouncea a clearance sale of his stock at great sacrifice.—(Advt.)

Special Notice.—"Crown Brand Tea presentatjons will be continued every y_ar, ami will be held on the last days of February", April, June, August, October, and December in each ytav. Save all Crown Brand coupons, for hundreds of proseate whioh will be given away free every two mouths. Next, competition ends this month (December. Hubbard, Hall and Co.— (Advt.)

Tho Anglo "Cob" bicycle is designed for the uss of elderly and nervous riders who wish to mount without' using the step. A number of these machines have been supplied to the ordur of jiroiniiTent Christchurt-j. citizens, who speak very highly of the latest Anglo production. Inspection invited. The Anglo N.Z. Cycle Co., D.I.C. mid 1226 High street.—Advt.

If a prophet bs not without honour asvs in his own country, the rule __ust bs one which is proved ia the accepted _:>!.n.ier-*----by the exception. The exception we refer to is Mr E. G. Lane, of Oamaru, who hiw placed upon the market a specific for lung troubles called Lane's Creasoted Emulsion. The honour he has received in his own oountry ia contained in daily-recurring let* .era acknowledging benefits*received from tho use of the preparation. The following ia a case in point: —"Aran street. Oamaru, July 7th, 1899. Mr Lane.—Dear eir,—l notice you are publishing testimonials you have received about your emulsion. Iv. ish to add mine to the number. My niece, who wra staying with mc a Little ago, had a bad attack of mea..le3, which left her very weak and with a bad cough. I gavo her your emulsion, and it was wonderful how quickly she recovered. Th» cough stepped almost at once, and tho way she put on flesh is marvellous. When she returned to her home he. mother would hardly believs she had had anything ths matter with her, and said she looked better and was t-tron-ref than ever -he was. Last mouth my husband caught <a severe cold and had a terrible cough, so more of your emulsion. Ko snj. he never got rid of a cold so quickly, and that the emulsion was the nicest physic hebad ever taken. My niecs was also very fond of it.—Yours truly. S. Gib.on." 79