NEWS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10954, 2 May 1901, Page 4

NEWS OF THE DAY.

, Old aga pensions were paid at the ChamI ber of Commerce yesterday. The Arbitration Court will hear the d_pute betwean the Moulders' Union and the employers on Friday morning. Tbe Government is being asked by the A. and P. Association to exhibit tha Shire horses, provided they arrive in the colony in time. In connection with the A. and P. Association's Winter Show, Hall A. in the Canterbury Hall is to be reserved for New Zealand manufactures and grains and seeds. A Chinaman, yesterday afternoon, afforded considsr-ibl. amusement to bystandfrsby attempting to post a letter in one of the fira alarm boxes attached to a telegraph post in Colombo street. The A. and P. Association has asked the Railway Department to run excursion trains during the three' days of the Winter Show, and also to run late trains on the night of the 29th inst- in order to permit country residents to visit the Show. The death is announced in Dun.din of Mrs C. H. Kettle, relict of the late Charles Henry Kettle, who was appointed first principal surveyor of Otago by the New Zealand Company. The late Mrs Kettle was the eldest white resident of Dunedin. District Judge Kettle is a son of the deceased lady. A correspondent writes drawing attention to the danger to vehicular traffic causvd by tho repairs to Selwyn street, Spreydon. Ha states that on Monday evening a cab and horse collided with a bank in the middle

The decision of the Court of Appeal against the Wellington City Corparal'on in tho matI t_r of the Willis street compensation claims, is said to mean a cost to the city of about ■S7OCO unless the Privy Coined sets aside the judgment. Giving evidence at Wellington yesterday, before the Coal Commission, Sir James Hector said the colony had no coal to spare for export; in fact the available supply had been greatly over estimated. The colony should, in his opinion, import more coal. The railway engine was set last night to pump out the tank on the south side of the Cathedral. The task was accomplished in twenty-two minutes, the engine throwing 1100 gallons per minute. At the Education Board meeting yesterday, the reports of two commissions appointed to enquire into complaints made against the teachers of the Doric and Sefton Schools were submitted, and in both eases the teachers were exonerated. The reports were adopted. According to the Essex "Telegraph," England, there is a growing conviction in Colchester that the man arrested in New Zealand for ths murder of Welsh is not- Blatch, and that Sergeant Frost and Mr John Marsh have made a iamentable, though perhaps excusable, mistake. The sub-enumerator in a certain Canterbury district called for the census paper, and found that the lady of the house had not fUi?d in the particulars respecting her religious belief. She was absent at the time of his visit, but he endeavoured to obtain th. required information from the servant, who, in reply, remarked : —"Oh, it's imported from America, and is sold by the pound!'' And it v.-as not _>Icr___rusm tbat -ii- was referring %o. At the Canterbury Society of Arts Exhibition last evening, the Hon. E. C J. •Stevens presented fti.dals and awards. In doing so he expressed the wish that next year competition would be more kef.n. Awards were given as follows:—Modelling in clay from life, Miss' A. ._. Abbott, bronze medal; -study of a head from life, T. Williamson, hon. mention: landscape, T. Williamson, hon. mention; still life, Miss A. E. Abbott, silver medal: design for catalogue cover, first priss, T. Williamson, Miss Ruby Mclntyre, highly commended. Several public bodies and societies have enquired as to whether they can present a-d.n-er-.es to H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall and York. It may be stated that his Excellency the Governor lias specifically intimated that no address can "be presented beyond that of the City Counoil on behalf of the citizens. All' others, if sent in, would be .simply acknowledged by the secretary to his Royal Highness. Th. Government arch appears ,to be nobody's child. The City Council declined to accept the £250 offered by the Government to erect it. The Decorative Committee, to whom the City Council referred it, plainly intimated at its meeting yesterday that it thought an arch a super(ir.ity, and recommended the. Government to allot the money for the pavilion over the foundation stone. The Entertainment Committee in connection with the winter show, met hist night and drafted a most attractive programme. It was resolved to keep the show apen on the Saturday night, the fourth aight of the show, and a popular concert svas arranged to be given. For the other ;venings novel programmes both in_ide in __> large hall and outside were decided rpon. Tbe visitors to the show this year .vill have no lack of amusement apart Irom the very excellent entries in the •arious departments of tlie show. The Decorative Committee of the Royal riait yesterday inspected the sample ■arc-hes* it the Council yards, and, afterwards at ■heir meeting generally approved the scheme vith a reduction in the number of arches to be used. In connection with the proposed tableaux of Friendly Societies, the Executive decided that as the Royal party did not intend to step to look at them, but wished to drive by the shortest and most experMtious route to Victoria square, it would be .useless to ask the Friendly Societies to go to the expense and trouble of arranging tableaux. A sensational incident occurred near Wcstport yesterday, when a recently built surfboat capsized in the breakers. The occupants, Miami, August, and Dickson, were cast into the water, and were in great danger of drowning when a young man named Harvlio, rode into the breakers. After a great struggle with th. waves, being washed off his horse several times, he succeeded in reaching August and Muram, who, one holding on to Hardies leg, and another to the horse's tail ,wera then dragged ashore. Dickson was also rescued. All of the men were in a very exhausted state. Mr J. Mills, of Dunedin, who purchased the Ariadne. wreck for £215, has, writes our Waimat. correspondent, made a very good bargain. The' lead ballast is said to be worth £1400, and .in addition ho has got the trimmings of a fully rigged ship. The ballast*, has shifted a little further out by the heavy sea, and now lies in about four feet of water, but no difficulty is expected in its recovery, when the heavy s_a abates. Th*. broken wood is being sold for fuel, and the ropes, blocks, and chains are finding ready purchasers. The Maoris still levy the patriotic shilling from visitors, who have to pass through land belonging to the natives in order to reach ths scene. Last, night's meeting of the Linwood Borough Council being the final occasion on which the pit sent Mayor v. ill preside, the Cmm-ciliors tork ocT-is/cn to p-p'sak in the highest terms of -Mr Board's woik during his term as Mayor. The following resolution was unanimously agreed to: —"Tintthis Council, representing the ratepayers of the borough of Limvor _, fender their thanks to Mr F. J. Board for the aHo and efficient manner in which he his carri.d out the duties of Councillor and Chief Magistrate, ar.d regret that his services for tho time being will be lost to the borough." This was moved by Cr. Brunt and seconded by Cr. Clr.worth, both of whom expressed regret that the circumstances necessitated the withdrawal of the late Mayor from an active part in the affairs of the borough. The hope ■"as also expressed that, should occasion arise ths services of Mr Board would again be Available. .Mrs Baxter, the complainant in the mainienance case Baxter v Baxter, in connection with which this Stipendiary Magistrate on ]'ue;-*(lav last commented with severity upon •]•. claim made, wishes us to make certain nets clear. Sha states that the bicycles and liano. which were made to appear as recent .•urchases by her, were really bought several rear, ago, and that the seventy sovereigns, :.iid to bo in h-r possession, were partly used for the purchase of tho bicycles, so that she has not that money now. As to the house in which she is living, she asserts that £80 of her own money formed part of the s;:m paid for th. property. The new courthouse at Temuka, which is ' a handsome brick building most conveniently arrarig.d and -furnished, was opened on ; Tuesday. iMr O. A. Wray, the Stipendiary I 'Magistrate, congratulated the bench and bar on the improvement, in the accommodation provided for them. He added that thanks were due to the architect (Mr Schwartz) for his design, and to the contractors (Messrs Clinch and Lloyd) for ths way the work was carried out. Mr Aspinall, as senior _nsmb?r of the local bar, congratulated the bench on having a more suitable j placH in which, to carry out their duties, and thanking his Worship for assistance given in . endorsing recommendations made, in respect of several matters not included in the origi- < nal estimates. The new town clerk and assistant town clerk took office yesterday. Sydney, with all its faults, appears to be a fairly reasonable city in which to live. According to a Sydney bootmaker, now employed in Wellington, wlio gave evidence before tha Arbitration Court yesterday, a single man could live in Sydney for 8* a week. He could share a room with another man for 3s a week, and he could get twentyone restaurant tickets for 5s per week. Continuing, the witness said that Is per week would cover the cost of firewood and coal, while hi- groceries, iaAadmg bread, cost him from 6_ to 7s per we*k In Wellington he had to pay from 16s to 17s per -week for bread and groceries. Ha would ra-th.r, lie said in conclusion, live in Svdn-ev. and earn

Y-s «&SEa-i«^i month was 261. dvn --S tst fl The Wellington Racing Club hi* _ • _ to prosecute a number of J»„C*,. ««i«d 1 trespassing on the course ** 1 Meeting. l * ~lv g Something lik. a 1 from Tuturau. Mr Al.r n\Y_* rc P«U4 I mem&er of tho local Sc_ »1 rv!_ *. *-*-•» 1 thirty-three years, &nd '«« ** I seven years. *»••■«««■ lor tvr* a i ; , jl The two prisoners who P l w . d _, -, I Mr W. Gtmblett on T_-_d_. , I weasel under the cot of * I dren in a bedroom at hi»hl« I cote Valley. The anL_£ w ° af. M I grown one. Was * la - r l. full. | A special meeting of t_a f. . . I will be called for WdnSdav ? f I or the installation of the M_ vc >-Vf**-> | tne Municipal Corporations Act tL M_** 1 h -f a deration .V* I ci 1. winch h„ to be attested*?. I cillor and the town clerk. ' "I -ll The attendance at Fend/>lt«_ __ _ i ton (_,»_ bem s i„_& S« C * 1 1 reduced to the number aOlowedlht . , b, » P r,., .. , ea "J scale, fe , The attendance at the Dadl.ld School \_ I mg on the increase, with a __\ 2. 1 h : 1 2._ssr w -•■ I The young man, Augustus _= o nre -.n 1 was committed for wn?«M_ atTh?A. * I .rate _ Court on Tuesday « c £™ fe I appropriation «nd forgery, Win. ._*?" 1 employ of Messrs Wood and Co w 5 f° 1 local branch of Rsuter's Agency".' hs | The Lyttelton Young Men's Ch-K *. i meeting held on Monday night. SdM*. I alter the name to "The I Several new members were nominated*. I was reported that the new clubhouse w} 1 [ The rainfall for the month of April _ registered at the Ch.i_t.hu.ch ____% \ Boards farm, was 3.2 m. Rain fefl «S days The prevailing wind was east 'JY which quarter it blew on fourteen £.- Z nine days there was a south-west win. _l tho nor -wester prevailed on five days.'. I According to advices received by t.s I Lands Department, says the "■Post*' 2H 1 persons made over 900 application- for the 1 fifty-seven sections on the Hatm__ settle- I merit, Hawke's Bay. In the ballot vU»\ § took place on Saturday the new regulation 1 giving married men the preference over 1 single men, was put into operation. 1 Tho Manawatu and West Coast A. and fi P. Association numbers more than 1000 1 members, bub last year only eighty-sis I voted in the election of the governing hodr, § and this yen. 134. As witli most societies'- 1 remarks the "Post," the active work is I left to a comparatively small party of en. 1 thusiasts. I According to the "Post" an important do- I velopment in acclimatisation and -jjome. 1 raising work is projeoted by the Welling. 1 ton Acclimatisation Society, "which proposes i to establish a game farm. The society has I within thirty-thi.*. miles of Wellington a 1 reserve excellently fitted for the purpose— | 500 acres of bush land, seventy acres of 1 ivhioh have been felled and grassed; a_d I :here are already on the land several pens 1 md a small cottage. ;S Tho members of the Education Boat Jf yesterday expressed their great regtty Wl it the death of Mr Gabble, for many year)!?® hairman of the Little Rakaia School 'Oom«, § nittee. IMr T. S. Weston, the chairma? i. the Board, in referring to tho mattor, .aid that the late Mr Gabble had rendered ixof.edingly good work, and had set i mble example to all those interest.s in iducational matters. After considering the application of Mi ). Arnott, the master at Woodside, for jf ifteen months' leave of absence, in o?det I o enable him to join Bia-bant's Horse, 1 low operating in South Africa, the Ap- 1 ►ointments Committee of the Education 1 Joard could not se. its way to recommend 1 he Board to grant tho desired leave, and § ho Board, at its meeting yesterday con- j irmed. the committee's action. I Tlie Education Board has received noti- I fication that the Teachers' Salaries Commission will arrive in Christchurch on th. 9th inst., and proposes to open its tattings. at the Board's offices the next day. It was decid.d to agree to these proposals, and the Board also intends advertising the fact of t!;_ -sitting of the Commission, and requesting teachers and all interested tw attend and give evidence. Consideration of applications for appointment as assistant-master at the Akaroa District High School havo been deferred, I by the Education Board, pending I receipt of information from < 'ths. I committee as to the number of a_il_re_ § (hat would attend, and the .subjects to bs I taken. The chairman of the Akaroa %a i School Board had written expressinff dis» 1 appointment at the Education Board's de* I cision not to admit scholars to the xTm.School until they had passed the Sixu Standard. As will bo seen by adve**_sement*is another column Mr Georire Searle taken over the Imperial Hotel, Dunedin. a Mr W. J. Dunlop, watchmaker anil jeweller, hajS now displaj-ed at his ne* premises a splendid assortment of jew» h-ry, etc.. just imported from London, m | all of latest pattern. 175 High 1 low Clock Tower. *■*>* Mr Morris, photographer, Colombo,street, C_.rL_chu.c_, finds it is not gcße rai V known that his charge for cabinet poitraM of children and three-quarter-lcDgth pictures is 17s 6d per doz., and ertra charges for vignetting, "groups, large mounts, also. the various "method- of printing, etc.-* (Advt,) Two thousand Cycle Lamps just landed, j The finest variety we have ever shown, *« all prices, from the "bobby" dodger at | 5s 6d to Lucas's best at 15s.—Oatf. | Lowry, and Co., Christchurch.—(Adrt.) | Mr Grieshaber, jeweller, who has re- | moved to new premises, 155 Colombo strMß | opposite City Hotel, is having a | sale of his whole stock at greatly reduced | prices.—(Advt.) I Benjamin Gum mjoys a very large *a» 1 in New Zealand, and that ita f*arcs B I spreading is proved by the fact that tM \ proprietors of the popular cough remedf have thi3 season secured orders from n«*" tralia, Brisbane, Adelaide, Sydney, M*ibourne, and Fiji.-—Advance New Zealand*\*. —(Advt.) Mr W. E. Sorrell, the popular photo* grapher, was badly troubled with unbroken chilblains. i_e soaked his feet Ml- | hot water three times, and applied | by's Koolibah after each fo.*n',-nting. Be* 1 sidt, a complete cure.—(Advt.) _ 1 Tui Extract of Soap. Save your moJief I and your temper by using Tui Extfatv | For washing clothes, scouring floors, a™ | house-work generally. Ask your grocer- i Don't take any substitute. "Anglo-Special Bicycles" contain & that the well-informed and expenfflcf-a cyclist desires, and give immediate &]>n- nimanent satisfaction. Sole makers of -■»=' K lo-Special Cycles," and New &**__ agents for "Beeston Humber" Cycles, the Anglo New Zealand Cycle Cot_pa»7** D.LC, and 226, High street,—{A-VS.} ~ j Unbroken chilblains almost drive the .« : * >' ferers siUy. The irritation is often very great, Loasbv's Koolibah relieves almo-*5 instantly, reduces the swelling, and! c-im* i pletely "cures in a very short time. —(Ac.*"i-> I Lamps.—We hold a large stock of read- I ing, hanging, and liand lamps, ami *° 1 guarantee to sell cheaper than any g firm in Chrktchurch. Reading lamps froj- | 3s 6d, hand lamps lid. chimneys from *- i „,/vh wi«k_ from Id. Fletcher Bros., i"" |

Swallow, gold twin Iwoodw-fYs■ J"; .olid gold long chains from 46«, 18ct extra &tt weA&g and keeper Clarke and Co. are also best for engagement rings, 500 to select from, 10s to £20, lovely gold brooches. baflglea, ' watches, spectacles, etc. For watch, ' dock, and jewellery repairs we are rejX- S- Clark, and Co., 148 Colombo tueet.—(Advt.)

CIGARETTE SMOKING AND APPRENTICES.

The hearts of anti-smokers will .Bjoice at a few remarks made by Mr G. A. Coles, of Auckland, at the Arbitration Court yesterday afternoon. Mr Coles is a leading Auckland boot manufacturer, and employs a, large number of men and apprentices. While giving reasons why there were so mtny inferiur men in Auckland, he *fA that the greatest curse of all was racing and cigarette smoking. Cigarette smoking, h" considered, was one of the chief causes why many of the boy. could not earn tne minimum Yap» after they had finished their term of apprenticeship. He had had 9om .pl.ndid boy*. but tbey had taken to cicarett* smoking to such an extent that n had affected their hearts, and they ha_ bocom- practically useless, and were comptlkd to leave before their terms of apjVmticeship had expired- Mr Stater: -That wanM apply in all trades. Mr Coles s "Yfji, it does apply. Continuing, Mr Cobs said that he always found a great difference between the boys who smoked and those who did not. He was speaking of voting hoys, not of young men. The hoys gradually declined after taking to cigarette smoking until they had to leave t\u> trade entirely. This state of thiegs would have to be faced before long. Mr F. C. Brown, a Union representative, agreed with Mr Coles as to the injury sustained by young apprentices on actJount of this habit.

MANUAL AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION.

The Department ol Education in forwarding this Education Board £200, to enable the Board to make temporary arrangetaenia for the training of teachers in manual and technical subjects, vmto stating that in considering tha administration of tho Manual and Technical Instruction Act. tho Government had become impressed with the necessity for making projx-T provision for tine training of teachers, in the work which, under the Act, now becomes part of the public school course. The Government lets in view certain measure* of a general character, under which facilities fr.r obtaining adequate instruction sill be brought within the reach of the public school teaching staff, but pending tlie elaboration of this scheme, it has been decided to vote £200 to enable the Board to tfiak. temporary arrangements. The only conditions are that the grant must bo used for tlie instruction of public school teachers in manual and technical work, as prescribed for rliool claw.*, and that tho teacher, .hall hi admitted to tins course of instruction free of charge. Tha Board at yesterday's meeting accepted the vote with thanks, and remitted to the Normal School Committee the question of the allocation of the money.